Research & News
Current Progress in Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission
Feb 06, 2014
Recent work as a result of a global push from the United Nations has seen reductions of perinatal transmission rates, as well as overall improvement in maternal health. Continued work, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, is needed to meet the global elimination target of... Read More
New HIV Testing Algorithm and Detection of Acute HIV
Jan 31, 2014
The MMWR reported in its June 21, 2013 issue about a new testing algorithm evaluated in an ED and other sites to determine effectiveness of HIV detection, especially in cases of acute HIV infection. Whereas traditional testing algorithms may miss cases of acute HIV due to ... Read More
HIV Treatment for Women Following Jail Release
Jan 31, 2014
Researchers from a multicenter study found distinct differences in HIV treatment following release from jail for men versus women. Women were more likely to have less optimal treatment outcomes such as medication adherence and attendance at medical visits. Women were also... Read More
Perinatal HIV Transmission Risk From Hepatitis B Coinfection?
Jan 30, 2014
Hepatitis B is a health concern in India. Authors explored the impact of Hepatitis B coinfection on the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in India. While the prevalence of coinfections was almost 5%, coinfection did not seem to be linked with perinatal HIV... Read More
Rapid Point-of-Care HIV Tests versus Lab Tests
Dec 31, 2013
Researchers looked at the varied performace of rapid point-of-care HIV tests versus traditional laboratory testing in detecting both new/acute and established HIV infections. While some rapid tests were found to perform well, oral fluid rapid tests were found to have less... Read More
HIV Treatment and Racial Disparities
Dec 31, 2013
Researchers looked at racial and ethnic disparities in claims for antiretroviral use during pregnancy for Medicaid enrollees between 2005 - 2007. An important finding was that Hispanic women were almost four times as likely as white women to not receive ARVs during... Read More
HAART and Late Entry Into Prenatal HIV Care
Nov 30, 2013
Researchers found that women, both treatment experienced and treatment naive, who had greater than 50% adherence to HAART during the prenatal period were able to reduce their viral load to under 400 copies/mL in approximately 26 days. Viral load suppression was also... Read More
Universal versus Targeted HIV Screening in Emergency Departments
Nov 30, 2013
The setting of an emergency department poses many challenges for the implementation of an HIV screening program. While universal HIV screening is recommended, the transient population of an ED makes it hard to follow this recommendation. Researchers developed a randomized... Read More
Cured Infant Remains HIV-Free
Nov 21, 2013
The infant born HIV-positive in Mississippi and started on ART at 30 hours of age continues to show no sign of HIV-1 infection at 30 months of age. The infant received ART for 18 months after birth. This case shows the potential for early ART initiation to effect the long-... Read More
C-Sections for HIV-Positive Women
Oct 31, 2013
Although cesarean sections are recommended for preventing perinatal HIV transmission, they are currently not recommended for those women with viral loads less than 400 copies/mL in France and less than 1000 copies/mL in the US. The French Perinatal Cohort study looked at... Read More
