The declines in HIV prevalence and incidence seen in recent years in some countries may be largely due to differences in people’s susceptibility to the virus rather than behaviour change, according to a mathematical model based on a survey... more>

Patients who do not think they need antiretroviral therapy have poorer adherence to such treatment, Dutch investigators report in the December 1st edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. The... more>

Patients receiving HIV treatment should have routine tests to check thyroid function, doctors from the UK recommend in an article published in the January 1st edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.... more>

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• HIV prevalence may decline because the most vulnerable are infected and die first