latest aidsmap news

• Unsuccessful post-exposure prophylaxis may still result in weaker HIV infection and lower viral load
• Jury still out on whether circumcision protects gay men against HIV
• Antiretroviral therapy does not fully reverse impact of HIV on hepatitis C-related cirrhosis
• High early mortality after starting antiretroviral treatment in Africa
• Nobel prize awarded to French discoverers of HIV
• Fall in number of undiagnosed HIV infections in the US
• Resistance to darunavir related to pre-existing mutations
• Higher levels of drug resistance seen after first-line NNRTI failure than boosted PI failure: meta-analysis
• Wide variation found in anal HPV viral loads in HIV-positive men
• Offering rapid point-of-care tests would increase uptake of HIV testing