﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><?xml-stylesheet title="XSL_formatting" type="text/xsl" href="cms1260795.aspx"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><language>en-gb</language><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:40:47 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:40:47 GMT</lastBuildDate><title><![CDATA[aidsmap.com news feed : aidsmap news]]></title><description><![CDATA[aidsmap.com news feed : aidsmap news]]></description><copyright>Copyright NAM 2008</copyright><link>http://www.aidsmap.com</link><atom:link href="http://www.aidsmap.com/cms1260794.aspx" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><image><title><![CDATA[aidsmap.com news feed : aidsmap news]]></title><url>http://www.aidsmap.com/files/file1002517.gif</url><link>http://www.aidsmap.com</link><width>122</width><height>44</height></image><ttl>15</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Higher levels of drug resistance seen after first-line NNRTI failure than boosted PI failure: meta-analysis]]></title><link>http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/5D43C654-A08D-40C8-8777-84DA318F9DD8.asp</link><author>Derek Thaczuk</author><guid isPermaLink="false">5D43C654-A08D-40C8-8777-84DA318F9DD8</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:40:47 GMT</pubDate><image /><description><![CDATA[In a meta-analysis of data from nearly 8000 patients reported in Clinical Infectious Diseases, researchers found significantly fewer drug resistance mutations, including NRTI-associated mutations, in people who had experienced treatment failure while taking first-line HIV treatment based on boosted PIs than in people taking NNRTI-based therapy. 
]]></description><category>Resistance news</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wide variation found in anal HPV viral loads in HIV-positive men]]></title><link>http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/C3D22BCF-F462-4442-8D2F-BA01EB8CC0D5.asp</link><author>Derek Thaczuk</author><guid isPermaLink="false">C3D22BCF-F462-4442-8D2F-BA01EB8CC0D5</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:40:47 GMT</pubDate><image /><description><![CDATA[High rates of anal human papilloma virus infection have been found in an Italian cohort of HIV-positive men. A study, published in the October 1st edition of AIDS, also reports that the most common strains of human papilloma virus were those which carry a low risk of anal cancer. Human papilloma virus viral load was highly variable and did not appear to be linked to the strain of the virus or the strength of each individual patient’s immune system. 
]]></description><category>HIV and cancer news</category><category>HIV and sexual health news</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Offering rapid point-of-care tests would increase uptake of HIV testing]]></title><link>http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/B7016D27-144C-4C57-9126-42671B092BB5.asp</link><author>Roger Pebody</author><guid isPermaLink="false">B7016D27-144C-4C57-9126-42671B092BB5</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:40:47 GMT</pubDate><image /><description><![CDATA[Over half the people who decline to take an HIV test would do so if they had the option to take a test that gave the result in 20 minutes, report researchers in the August 2008 issue of the International Journal of STD and AIDS. The authors recommend that rapid point-of-care tests should be made routinely available in all genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics.
]]></description><category>UK news</category><category>Developed world news</category><category>Prevention news</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Low rate of spontaneous hepatitis C clearance in patients with HIV; early HIV treatment recommended for those with chronic hepatitis C infection]]></title><link>http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/9DD3F54A-F8E9-4920-9220-8A8F8C474ED0.asp</link><author>Michael Carter</author><guid isPermaLink="false">9DD3F54A-F8E9-4920-9220-8A8F8C474ED0</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:40:47 GMT</pubDate><image /><description><![CDATA[Approximately a quarter of patients coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C virus spontaneously clear infection with hepatitis C, according to a study conducted by European investigators and published in the November 1st edition of the Journal of Infectious Diseases. 
]]></description><category>Hepatitis news</category><category>Starting treatment news</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cluster of multi-drug resistant HIV transmissions in Seattle]]></title><link>http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/6CCAD28F-98AB-4F8C-B3A7-04F63E33FD2D.asp</link><author>Michael Carter</author><guid isPermaLink="false">6CCAD28F-98AB-4F8C-B3A7-04F63E33FD2D</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:40:47 GMT</pubDate><image /><description><![CDATA[Investigators in Seattle have reported a cluster of nine HIV infections involving resistance to multiple drugs from all the three main classes of antiretrovirals. The report is published in the October 1st edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.
]]></description><category>Gay men news</category><category>Prevention news</category><category>Resistance news</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hypersensitivity testing for abacavir slightly more cost-effective than tenofovir use, if both drugs equally potent]]></title><link>http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/EDE2BB5D-B7BA-4DB7-9B11-460D7374CDC8.asp</link><author>Gus Cairns</author><guid isPermaLink="false">EDE2BB5D-B7BA-4DB7-9B11-460D7374CDC8</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:40:47 GMT</pubDate><image /><description><![CDATA[Abacavir-based regimens are slightly more cost-effective than tenofovir-based ones, a US mathematical modelling study published in AIDS has concluded. But this is only the case if patients are tested at the outset for the abacavir hypersensitivity reaction, a potentially fatal allergy to the drug.
]]></description><category>Starting treatment news</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[HIV no longer bar to granting of US visa for short visits]]></title><link>http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/4B97D434-6BCB-481A-B0C3-E2BF3CD67F6A.asp</link><author>Michael Carter</author><guid isPermaLink="false">4B97D434-6BCB-481A-B0C3-E2BF3CD67F6A</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:40:47 GMT</pubDate><image /><description><![CDATA[Being HIV-positive will no longer be a bar to the granting of a visa to visit the USA, according to new rules issued by the US Department of Homeland Security.
]]></description><category></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kidney disease risk increased for patients with HIV and hepatitis C]]></title><link>http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/8E85364E-349F-4555-B3B1-19C80466E6A3.asp</link><author>Adam Legge</author><guid isPermaLink="false">8E85364E-349F-4555-B3B1-19C80466E6A3</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:40:47 GMT</pubDate><image /><description><![CDATA[People who are both HIV and hepatitis C infected are at significantly higher risk of kidney disease compared to those with HIV only, say US researchers in a study published in the September 12th edition of AIDS. 
]]></description><category>Hepatitis news</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nearly one in three UK HIV patients has considered suicide in the previous week (revised)]]></title><link>http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/9833D300-43E8-45D0-942F-19FF1A985BFD.asp</link><author>Gus Cairns</author><guid isPermaLink="false">9833D300-43E8-45D0-942F-19FF1A985BFD</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:40:47 GMT</pubDate><image /><description><![CDATA[A UK study of HIV patients at four clinics in London and one in Brighton has found that 31% reported having had suicidal thoughts over the previous week.
]]></description><category>Mental health news</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[A new day for health in South Africa: Manto is replaced as health minister by TAC supporter]]></title><link>http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/A2227FBE-A007-4721-9597-39FD47820C08.asp</link><author>Theo  Smart</author><guid isPermaLink="false">A2227FBE-A007-4721-9597-39FD47820C08</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:40:47 GMT</pubDate><image /><description><![CDATA[Activists and health workers in South Africa celebrated outside the Cape Town parliament building last night after the news that Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has been replaced as South Africa’s Minister of Health by Barbara Hogan, one of the few African National Congress (ANC) Members of Parliament who spoke out openly against AIDS denialism in former president Thabo Mbeki’s government. 
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