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HIVR4P 2016: The Long Tail Problem -- Injectable PrEP Trial To Be Extended Due to Drug Persistence
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- Category: Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
- Published on Monday, 14 November 2016 00:00
- Written by Gus Cairns
A study presented at last month’s HIV Research for Prevention (HIVR4P) conference in Chicago shows that in a minority of people who were given the experimental injectable drug cabotegravir as HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), the drug was still measurable in their body a full year after their last injection.
IDWeek 2016: HIV+ Men and Men on PrEP in Boston See Large Increase in Sexually Transmitted Infections
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- Category: Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
- Published on Tuesday, 01 November 2016 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Rates of gonorrhea, syphilis, and chlamydia have risen steeply at Fenway Health in Boston since 2011, according to presentation last week at IDWeek in New Orleans. Being HIV-positive and using pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV were associated with higher risk of getting-sexually transmitted infections (STIs), but more frequent STI testing and treatment could potentially help reduce the numbers.
IDWeek 2016: Electronic Health Records Can Help Select Candidates for HIV PrEP
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- Category: Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
- Published on Friday, 28 October 2016 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
A machine learning algorithm used to analyze electronic health records (EHRs) identified high-risk individuals who could potentially benefit from HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), according to a report presented this week at IDWeek 2016 in New Orleans. Out of 800,000 patients in a large EHR database, more that 8000 were found to be potential PrEP candidates.
HIVR4P: New HIV Prevention Tools Will Need Marketing and Effective Health Services to Expand Reach
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- Category: HIV Prevention
- Published on Tuesday, 01 November 2016 00:00
- Written by Roger Pebody
There is a naivety among many HIV prevention researchers and advocates about the steps needed to introduce and implement new HIV prevention technologies such as oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), vaginal rings, and vaccines, according to speakers at the HIV Research for Prevention (HIVR4P 2016) conference in Chicago last month. Developing an effective prevention method is the easy part, they suggested -- ensuring that the product reaches end users who need them can be more challenging.
IDWeek 2016: Only a Small Proportion of HIV+ Gay Men Receive Anal Cancer Screening
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- Category: Cancer/Malignancies
- Published on Friday, 28 October 2016 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
In the absence of national screening guidelines, only 11% of HIV-positive gay and bisexual men in the U.S. received anal Pap smears to detect anal cancer or precancerous cell changes during 2009-2012, with disparities between patient groups and variations across centers, according to a presentation at IDWeek, taking place this week in New Orleans.
IDWeek 2016: Rapid Emergence of Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea Seen in Ohio
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- Category: Gonorrhea
- Published on Tuesday, 01 November 2016 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Routine surveillance in southern Ohio has detected a steep increase in gonorrhea showing resistance to ciprofloxacin or reduced susceptibility to azithromycin, according to a presentation at IDWeek last week in New Orleans. Azithromycin is one of the 2 drugs in the sole recommended gonorrhea treatment regimen in the U.S., but no resistance to ceftriaxone, the other drug in that regimen, was seen.
HIVR4P 2016: Some Americans Who Need PrEP the Most Face the Greatest Barriers
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- Category: Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
- Published on Tuesday, 25 October 2016 00:00
- Written by Roger Pebody
The personal values and moral judgments of healthcare providers are likely to interfere with the appropriate provision of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), Sarah Calabrese of Yale University reported at the HIV Research for Prevention conference (HIVR4P 2016) in Chicago last week. This was one of several presentations which highlighted inequalities in access to PrEP in the U.S. In a plenary talk, Noël Gordon of the Human Rights Campaign reminded delegates that white people make up 27% of new HIV diagnoses but 74% of PrEP users. There are also inequalities in terms of age and gender.
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- HIVR4P 2016: Policymakers' Inaction is Leading People to Take "PrEP in the Wild"
- HIVR4P 2016: More Viral Suppression Needed to Reduce HIV Infections Among Gay Men
- HIVR4P 2016: Second Case Report of PrEP Failure Due to Drug-Resistant Virus
- HIVR4P 2016: Anal Sex May Transmit 4 in 10 HIV Infections Among High-Risk U.S. Women
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