Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections

The Vancouver, BC, retrospective cohort study found the HIV-schizophrenia population was mostly white, and mostly males.

Two new women are infected with HIV every minute. How much of a role does dybiosis play in preventive treatment failure?

The point prevalence of depression among East African HIV AFRICOS study participants undergoing HIV care is 18% to 25%.

Though PCSK9 levels are commonly associated with risk of major adverse cardiovascular events, it could also release pro-inflammatory responses in monocytes/ macrophages.

A rapid entry program decreased time to first provider appointment, time to initiation of ART and time to viral suppression.

For patients with perinatal HIV, ART has essentially made the infection a chronic, but manageable, health condition.

If mental health co-morbidities are not addressed among most vulnerable populations, it’s unlikely to achieve “90-90-90” goals or end the HIV epidemic.

Raltegravir exposure was roughly doubled by sodium bicarbonate, whereas aluminum/magnesium hydroxide did not exhibit the same effect.

Significant discrepancies are found between ASCVD guidelines and primary care management of HIV patients in the military health system.

Implementation of the new guidelines will improve diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of one of the most common opportunistic infections among people with advanced HIV.

By looking back on the early days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the medical community can learn many lessons.

Misperceptions about the risk of HIV infection should be corrected at the time of testing, with PrEP initiated same-day, if appropriate.

Molecular surveillance allows researchers to identify networks particularly in high-burden areas in order to best determine additional HIV preventative measures.

The highest risk of HIV transmission occurs during postpartum, suggesting that biological changes during these periods increase the possibility.

International interdisciplinary collaboration studies can close the gap in the search for an HIV cure.

Katia Boven, MD, Head of Clinical Development and Global Medical Affairs, Infectious Diseases, Janssen, discussed results and impact of the SWORD clinical trial involving the investigational two-drug combination being as effective as the three or four regimens as maintenance therapy in HIV patients who have already achieved viral suppression.

One team's goal at the US Military HIV research Program is to control plasma viral load in the blood to undetectable levels without the use of long-term ART.

"We've done a really good job of developing medicines to get that virus under control. I think what's sort of important for our community now is to very carefully look at what the unmet needs are," said Emu.

Adding an extra 20,000 IU vitamin D2 a week didn't make a difference.

"Even though we have a lot of drugs, because of the resistance profile of their virus, they don't have a lot of options, so what these results mean for the most vulnerable of our patients is that they have access now to a new class of drugs," Emu concluded.

HIV, hepatitis C coinfections weren't all that uncommon at a Bronx ER.

The CDC says that more than 40% of chlamydia and gonorrhea cases can be prevented.

The idea of holistic care has two meanings, Anthony Mills, MD, SoCal Men's Medical Group, explained at CROI 2017.

At CROI 2017, James McIntyre, MBChB, Anova Health Institute explained that HIV prevention remains one of the most important things researchers still have to deal with.

CDC officials break down annual HIV infections in a new analysis.

HIV-positive men who have sex with men or women are at risk for HPV.

Published literature says the pre-seroconversion window period lasts around 45 days.

Hepatitis C screening based only on risk factors could miss infected people.

James McIntyre, MBChB, FRCOG, continued to discuss the key success story in HIV prevention history: preventing transmission from mothers to babies. Many papers report that transmission has dropped to less than 2%, and across Africa transmission has dropped from 18% to less than 6%.