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How preschools can do more to support children living with HIV

Por Linet Imbosa Muhati-Nyakundi, https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-06-preschools-children-hiv.html Gracias a la terapia antirretroviral, es probable que los niños que viven con el VIH vivan mucho más tiempo del que vivirían sin tratamiento. Ellos irán a la escuela como otros niños y se desarrollarán de la misma manera. Pero, ¿cuánto necesitan saber sus maestros y compañeros sobre su estado seropositivo? ¿Y cuál […]

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The new HIV-1 inhibitor shows promise for future HIV treatment in women

Avirulins may provide a valuable chemical basis for the development of the next generation of HIV-1 prophylactic drugs for women, according to the results of a study presented at the American Society of Microbiology (ASM) Microbe 2019, held June 20–24, 2019, in San Francisco, California. https://www.infectiousdiseaseadvisor.com/author/natashadyal/ Although it

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A study finds that long-acting HIV medications are acceptable to many people, but there are differences between groups.

By: Kenyon Farrow https://www.thebodypro.com/article/long-acting-hiv-meds-are-acceptable-to-many-people-but-differences-exist-among-groups Now that long-acting antiretroviral therapy (LA-ART) is almost a reality, is it something people with HIV will prefer over once-a-day pills? A study presented during a poster session at the International Conference on HIV Treatment and Prevention sought to find out

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Antiretroviral drugs do not cause neurodevelopmental damage in uninfected infants.

By: Carole Leach-Lemens http://www.aidsmap.com/page/3536366/ In the first five years of life, the neurological development of HIV-exposed but uninfected infants exposed to maternal antiretrovirals before and after birth and during breastfeeding is comparable to that of uninfected infants without HIV from similar socioeconomic backgrounds, a study

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There are no HIV infections for more than two years among MSM and transgender people taking event-driven PrEP

By: Michael Carter – http://www.aidsmap.com/page/3535508/ No HIV infections occurred during the two-year follow-up period among people who received pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in a study conducted in Amsterdam, researchers report in Lancet HIV. The study recruited men who have sex with men and transgender people who were

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Newly discovered immune cells on the front lines of HIV infection

By Westmead Institute for Medical Research https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-06-newly-immune-cells-frontline-hiv.html Researchers at the Westmead Institute for Medical Research have discovered new immune system cells that are on the front line of HIV infection. Known as CD11c+ dendritic cells, these new cells are more susceptible to HIV infection and can then transmit the virus to

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