CROI 2012
CROI 2012, the 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, brought together 4000 researchers and doctors in Seattle, in March 2012.
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5-8 March 2012
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Seattle, USA
Hepatitis C infection now twice as common in HIV+ gay men as injecting drug users, Swiss study finds
Serosorting does help prevent HIV – up to a point
Treatment as prevention is starting to work in parts of Africa
Thibela TB: Community-wide IPT did not improve TB control in South Africa’s mines at the population level
Uncontrolled HIV linked to faster lung function decline
Statins may slightly reduce non-AIDS events and death
Metformin reduces artery plaque in HIV-positive people with metabolic syndrome
Studies look at interactions between new hepatitis C drugs and HIV antiretrovirals
Early infant diagnosis for HIV: is it taking place early enough?
Elvitegravir Quad pill matches efavirenz and atazanavir combos
KS in Africa: people with low CD4 counts still at risk despite ART
Protease inhibitor not superior to NNRTI in sub-Saharan Africa
HIV brain impairment: who gets it, and why?
Circumcision reduces HIV incidence in Ugandan men and herpes prevalence in South Africans
Superinfection: second HIV infections happen as often as first ones
Novel integrase inhibitor dolutegravir still potent at 96 weeks