Top hiv Articles in Allergy/Immunology

HIV Infection Among Injection-Drug Users - 34 States, 2004-2007
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 11/30/2009

The results of that analysis indicated that, during 2004–2007, 62.2% of IDUs with a new diagnosis of HIV infection were males, 57.5% were blacks or African Americans, and 74.8% lived in urban areas at the time of their HIV ... ndash;2006, approximately 40% of HIV–infected IDUs received late HIV diagnoses. To reduce the prevalence of HIV infection and late HIV diagnosis among IDUs, HIV prevention programs serving IDUs should have comprehensive approaches that incorporate access to HIV testing as part of community ... treatment, and syringe exchange programs. [more...]

Prevalence and Correlates of Elevated Body Mass Index among HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Women in the Womens Interagency HIV Study
AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 11/19/2009

Boodram B et al. – Risk factors for elevated BMI were similar for HIV+ and HIV– women in the WIHS. For HIV+ women, all markers of advanced HIV infection and ART use were ... infectious disease,hiv/immunodeficiency [more...]

Effectiveness of Increasing Emergency Department Patients' Self-perceived Risk for Being Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infected Through Audio Computer Self-interview–based Feedback About Reported HIV Risk Behaviors
Academic Emergency Medicine, 11/11/2009

Merchant RC et al. – Some ED patients can be moved, although modestly, to recognize their risk for being HIV infected by asking about their HIV risk behaviors. However ... HIV risk behaviors do not increase subjects' self–perceived HIV risk. Female ED patients appear to increase their self–perceived HIV risk more than males when queried about their HIV risk behaviors. [more...]

Predictors of HIV Disclosure Among Untested, HIV-Negative and HIV-Positive Australian Men Who had Anal Intercourse with Their Most Recent Casual Male Sex Partner
AIDS and Behavior, 12/02/2009

Holt M et al. – Having previously had sex with the last casual male partner and expecting HIV–negative and HIV&ndash ... before sex were predictors of HIV disclosure shared by more than one serostatus group. As unprotected anal intercourse was more common among MSM who disclosed (across all serostatus groups), the authors suggest caution should be exercised before encouraging HIV disclosure as a prevention strategy ... strongly associated with safe sex among Australian MSM. [more...]

War and Peace between Microbes: HIV-1 Interactions with Coinfecting Viruses
Cell Host & Microbe, 11/23/2009

Lisco A et al. – HIV–1 disrupts the homeostatic equilibrium between the host and coinfecting microbes, facilitating reactivation of persistent viruses and invasion by new viruses. These viruses usually accelerate HIV disease but ... create conditions detrimental for HIV–1. Understanding these phenomena may lead to anti–HIV–1 strategies that specifically target interactions between HIV–1 and coinfecting viruses. [more...]

Mediators of HIV-related stigma and risk behavior in HIV infected young women
AIDS Care, 11/12/2009

Clum G et al. – Results suggested that depression was a significant mediator between HIV–related stigma and risk behavior. Implications for interventions with young HIV positive women who report high levels of HIV ... related stigma include a focus on depression as a method of reducing engagement in risk behavior and improving mental health and health behaviors in persons living with HIV. [more...]

Macronutrient Supplementation and Food Prices in HIV Treatment
The Journal of Nutrition, 12/01/2009

Sztam KA et al. – Infection caused by HIV and malnutrition have a complex interaction and often coexist geographically. Malnutrition has synergistic immune effects and HIV affects nutritional status. HIV care and treatment programs are ... HIV outcomes. In this article, the authors review the published literature concerning intervention studies in adults and children and the effect of food prices on HIV treatment programs. While the evidence base is relatively incomplete for specific macronutrient interventions in the context of HIV ... it is clear that a new standard of care is needed, guided by experience, rationale, and existing data, in which malnourished patients may easily access nutritional therapies within HIV treatment. [more...]

A new drug combination therapy for treatment-naive patients with HIV-1 infection, consisting of raltegravir, emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate
Expert Opinion in Pharmacotherapy, 12/01/2009

Clercq ED – This new drug combination regimen is applicable to the treatment of drug–naïve HIV–1–infected patients. It extends the use of ... ndash;HIV drugs, i.e. raltegravir, targeted at a new site in the HIV–1 replicative cycle, namely the HIV–1 integrase. This opens new perspectives for the design of multiple drug combination regimens targeting different enzymes involved in HIV–1 replication, i.e. integrase and ... transcriptase. These multiple (triple or quadruple) drug combinations should be aimed at once daily dosing. [more...]

The Association of HIV Counseling and Testing with HIV Risk Behaviors in a Random Population-based Survey in Kisumu, Kenya
AIDS and Behavior, 12/16/2009

Huchko HJ et al. – The authors found that 47% of women and 36% of men reported prior testing. Two–thirds of participants who tested HIV–positive in this ... HIV test. Women who had undergone recent testing were less likely to report high–risk behaviors than women who had never been tested; this was not seen among men. Although rates of HIV testing were higher than seen in previous studies, the majority of HIV–infected people were unaware of ... their status. Efforts should be made to increase HIV testing among this population. [more...]

Macronutrient Supplementation and Food Prices in HIV Treatment
The Journal of Nutrition, 11/30/2009

Sztam KA et al. – Infection caused by HIV and malnutrition have a complex interaction and often coexist geographically. Malnutrition has synergistic immune effects and HIV affects nutritional status. HIV care and treatment programs are ... HIV outcomes. In this article, the authors review the published literature concerning intervention studies in adults and children and the effect of food prices on HIV treatment programs. While the evidence base is relatively incomplete for specific macronutrient interventions in the context of HIV ... treatment, it is clear that a new standard of care is needed, guided by experience, rationale, and existing data, in which malnourished patients may easily access nutritional therapies within HIV treatment. [more...]