News tagged with opportunistic infections


HIV therapy just got easier: Fewer drugs may be needed for treatment-experienced patients

A new multi-site study reveals patients with drug-resistant HIV can safely achieve viral suppression – the primary goal of HIV therapy – without incorporating the traditional class of HIV medications into their treatment ...

HIV & AIDS created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Use of certain therapies for inflammatory diseases does not appear to increase risk of shingles

Although patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a disproportionately higher incidence of herpes zoster (shingles), an analysis that included nearly 60,000 patients with RA and other inflammatory diseases found that ...

Inflammatory disorders created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Australian study turns HIV against itself (Update)

An Australian scientist said Wednesday he had discovered a way to turn the HIV virus against itself in human cells in the laboratory, in an important advance in the quest for an AIDS cure.

HIV & AIDS created Jan 16, 2013 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 22

No benefit from high-dose multivitamins seen for HIV patients receiving antiretroviral therapy

A new study by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers suggests that, for HIV patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) to treat HIV, there is no benefit from high- vs. standard-dose micronutrient ...

HIV & AIDS created Oct 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Starting antiretroviral therapy improves HIV-infected Africans' nutrition

Starting HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy reduces food insecurity and improves physical health, thereby contributing to the disruption of a lethal syndemic, UCSF and Massachusetts General Hospital researchers ...

HIV & AIDS created Oct 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers find possible cause of immune deficiency cases in Asia

A clinical study led by National Institutes of Health investigators has identified an antibody that compromises the immune systems of HIV-negative people, making them susceptible to infections with opportunistic microbes ...

Immunology created Aug 22, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Landmark HIV treatment-as-prevention study shows additional health benefits, cost-effectiveness

WHAT: Further analyses of the landmark NIH-funded treatment-as-prevention study (HPTN 052) have found that providing antiretroviral treatment to HIV-infected individuals earlier, when their immune systems are healthier, delays ...

HIV & AIDS created Jul 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Replication of immunodeficiency virus in humans

Drs. Beatrice Hahn and Frank Kirchoff led an international research effort to understand what adaptations allow a chimpanzee strain of SIV to replicate in human tissues.

HIV & AIDS created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Solving mystery of how sulfa drugs kill bacteria yields 21st century drug development target

More than 70 years after the first sulfa drugs helped to revolutionize medical care and save millions of lives, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have determined at an atomic level the mechanism these medications ...

Medical research created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast