The annual CROI continues to be the most important HIV scientific meeting covering the diversity of basic and clinical science.<\/strong><\/p>\n Also, both the main conference and a pre-meeting programme of lectures for new investigators are promptly posted online as open access webcasts.<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.retroconference.org<\/a><\/p>\n This year the meeting resulted in wide press coverage of the case of a baby who appears functionally cured following 18 months treatment initiated within two days of birth. But the conference included a wealth of other studies covering HIV treatment and prevention. This included studies reporting new drugs, new strategies (especially treatment during early infection), paediatrics, TB and other OIs – principally in resource limited settings – and exciting results for hepatitis C coinfection.<\/p>\n Reports in this issue of HTB include:<\/p>\n Further reports will be continue in the next issue of HTB, with pre-press articles available earlier online.<\/p>\n Unless stated otherwise, references are to the Programme and Abstracts of the 20th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), 3-6 March 2013, Atlanta.<\/p>\n\n