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Information about both the tests that are used to diagnose HIV and those used to monitor the health of people living with HIV, including viral load and CD4 counts.

Weight gain & lipodystrophy

Does HIV make you fat? Study connects viral load with fat gains

News
6 March 2015
Retention & linkage to care

New York City Gets Its HIV Act Together

Editor's pick
MedPage Today HIV/AIDS
2 March 2015
Retention & linkage to care

Financial incentives did not improve linkage to care or viral suppression in US study

News
28 February 2015
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

No HIV transmissions from HIV-positive partner seen in Australian gay couples study

News
27 February 2015
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

Combining PrEP and ART could almost eliminate HIV infection, east African study finds

News
26 February 2015
Pregnancy and vertical transmission

Breastfeeding mothers often undiagnosed in sub-Saharan Africa

News
25 February 2015
HIV testing programmes & uptake

HIV testing continues to rise in UK gay men, but safer sex knowledge drops

News
20 February 2015
How HIV works

Researchers may have caught HIV becoming more virulent

News
19 February 2015
Types of HIV tests

bioLytical's INSTI HIV/Syphilis Multiplex Test Cleared for European Market

Editor's pick
PR Newswire
16 February 2015
Hepatitis C symptoms & diagnosis

Study: Door-to-door campaign linked hepatitis C patients to care

Editor's pick
Eurekalert Inf Dis
16 February 2015
HIV testing programmes & uptake

Ethiopia breaks world record for mass HIV test

Editor's pick
Sudan Tribune
16 February 2015
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

Smartphone, Finger Prick, 15 Minutes, Diagnosis—Done!

Editor's pick
Columbia University press release
9 February 2015
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings

Could a $34 smartphone device improve HIV diagnosis in Africa?

Editor's pick
Reuters
6 February 2015
Epidemiology

No improvements in CD4 count at diagnosis in African patients in last decade

News
4 February 2015
HIV testing programmes & uptake

HIV testing yields diagnoses in Kenya but few seek care

Editor's pick
Eurekalert Inf Dis
30 January 2015
Viral load

An HIV Doctor Tells You If Undetectable Really Is the New Negative

Editor's pick
The Body
28 January 2015
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Starting HIV treatment early and then interrupting is no better than delaying it

News
22 January 2015
Viral load

Cepheid and FIND Announce European Approval of Xpert HIV-1 Viral Load

Editor's pick
Cepheid press release
21 January 2015
Side effects

Zimbabwe finally switches away from stavudine

Editor's pick
AllAfrica
19 January 2015
Self-testing & home testing

DIY HIV tests a hit with Scotland’s islanders

Editor's pick
The Scotsman
19 January 2015
Opportunistic infections

Pneumonia risk far higher for HIV-positive children, study shows

Editor's pick
Science Daily
7 January 2015
The search for a cure

Elite controllers may pay a high price for their low viral load

News
7 January 2015
HIV testing programmes & uptake

New York City's public health 'warrior' revamps HIV messaging

Editor's pick
Al-Jazeera America
4 January 2015
Economic & social inequality

South Africa: Silent Suffering - Men and HIV (Video)

Editor's pick
IPS
23 December 2014