Islatravir plus lenacapavir could be the first once-weekly oral HIV ...
Mar 6, 2024 · A once-weekly oral regimen can keep HIV suppressed as well as daily pills, according to study results presented today at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2024).. In a phase II clinical trial, 94% of people who switched to weekly islatravir and lenacapavir pills maintained an undetectable viral load, matching the viral suppression …
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The stages of HIV infection - Aidsmap
Most descriptions of the stages of HIV infection describe the natural history of HIV, in other words how, over time, the disease progresses in people who are not taking HIV treatment. They show how HIV progressively attacks and weakens the immune system, eventually leading to AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome).
On-demand PrEP is highly effective, but some may find it confusing
Jul 8, 2020 · Educating clients at a San Francisco sexual health clinic about on-demand pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) increased their desire to use the intermittent HIV prevention method, researchers reported this week at the 23rd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2020: Virtual).Among the 24% of clients who did so, the rate of new infections and use of post …
Life expectancy - Aidsmap
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Potent new anti-HIV drug only needs to be injected once every six ...
Jul 26, 2021 · Early results from people taking a new antiretroviral medication called lenacapavir are promising. The long-acting drug is still at the research stage, but if the developers are able to pair it effectively with other drugs that also only needs to be taken twice a year, it could revolutionise HIV treatment. Researchers presented the results to the International AIDS …
How likely is mother-to-child transmission of HIV? - Aidsmap
Without any sort of treatment or care, the chance of a woman with HIV passing it on to her baby is considerable. Before antiretroviral therapy and other preventative measures were introduced, transmission rates per pregnancy were between 14 and 20% in European countries, and up to 43% in African countries.Transmission happened during pregnancy, around the time of labour …
Female-to-female sexual transmission of HIV - Aidsmap
In 2003 a case report of female-to-female sexual HIV transmission was published. Doctors suggest the woman may have been infected through sharing sex toys after drug-resistance tests found striking similarities between the genotypes of the woman and her female HIV-positive partner (Kwakwa).
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