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361 2012 HIV Diagnostics Conference: the molecular diagnostics perspective Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics, April 16, 2013 Clinical Article
362 Durable Efficacy and Safety of Raltegravir Versus Efavirenz When Combined With Tenofovir/Emtricitabine in Treatment-Naive HIV-1–Infected Patients: Final 5-Year Results From STARTMRK Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, April 16, 2013 Clinical Article
363 Targeted gene disruption to cure HIV Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, April 16, 2013 Review Article Clinical Article
364 Cell-associated HIV RNA: a dynamic biomarker of viral persistence Full Text Retrovirology, April 16, 2013 Clinical Article
365 Social Network–Based Recruitment Successfully Reveals HIV-1 Transmission Networks Among High-Risk Individuals in El Salvador Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, April 16, 2013 Clinical Article
366 Randomized Clinical Trial of HIV Treatment Adherence Counseling Interventions for People Living With HIV and Limited Health Literacy Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, April 16, 2013 Clinical Article
367 Application of a new informatics tool for contamination screening in the HIV sequencing laboratory Journal of Clinical Virology, April 16, 2013 Clinical Article
368 Where does HIV hide? A focus on the central nervous system Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, April 16, 2013 Review Article
369 HIV and Recent Illicit Drug Use Interact to Affect Verbal Memory in Women Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, April 16, 2013 Clinical Article
370 Appropriateness of Hydroxyethylcellulose Gel as a Placebo Control in Vaginal Microbicide Trials: A Comparison of the Two Control Arms of HPTN 035 Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, April 16, 2013 Clinical Article
371 IL28B Polymorphism, Pretreatment CXCL10, and HCV RNA Levels Predict Treatment Response in Racially Diverse HIV/HCV Coinfected and HCV Monoinfected Patients Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, April 16, 2013 Clinical Article
372 The alveolar microenvironment of patients infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus does not modify alveolar macrophage interactions with Streptococcus pneumoniae Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, April 16, 2013 Clinical Article
373 Current assays for HIV-1 diagnostics and antiretroviral therapy monitoring: challenges and possibilities Future Virology, April 15, 2013 Review Article Clinical Article
374 Combined approaches for HIV cure Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, April 15, 2013 Clinical Article
375 Cardiometabolic risk factors among HIV patients on antiretroviral therapy Full Text Lipids in Health and Disease, April 15, 2013 Clinical Article
376 Vaccine and immunotherapeutic interventions Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, April 15, 2013 Clinical Article
377 State of genomics and epigenomics research in the perspective of HIV cure Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, April 15, 2013 Clinical Article
378 The Immunomodulatory Nutritional Intervention NR100157 Reduced CD4+ T-Cell Decline and Immune Activation: A 1-Year Multicenter Randomized Controlled Double-Blind Trial in HIV-Infected Persons Not Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy (The BITE Study) Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 15, 2013 Clinical Article
379 The 16th Bangkok International Symposium on HIV Medicine Future Virology, April 15, 2013 Clinical Article
380 HIV-1 Nef and T-cell activation: a history of contradictions Future Virology, April 15, 2013 Review Article
In a study involving 37 patients with chronic hepatitis B infections, a serum bilirubin level > 5 mg/dL was predictive of progression to hepatic failure and liver-related death.
Read the article summaryIn a study involving 1607 patients > 65 years of age with community- or healthcare-acquired pneumonia, pre-morbid ambulation impairment (OR=2.61), hospitalization within 30 days of acquiring pneumonia (OR=1.93), and absence of cough and purulent sputum (OR=1.47) were shown to be associated with a significant increase in 30-day mortality.
Read the article summaryIn a retrospective study involving 225 patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and 224 matched controls, it was shown that patients who were HPV-positive and smoked cigarettes or smoked cigarettes plus consumed alcohol were at increased risk for ESCC than patients who were HPV-negative (OR = 2.22 and 10.31, respectively).
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