News tagged with hiv infection rates

Oral pill trial to halt HIV in women is stopped

A trial of an oral pill aimed at preventing HIV infection in African women has been halted due to poor results, the trial operator Family Health International announced this week.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Monocyte turnover predicts speed and severity of AIDS and onset of brain disease

An increase in the release of monocytes from bone marrow into the bloodstream predicts how rapidly AIDS develops in monkeys and the magnitude of monocyte turnover correlates with the severity of brain disease ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Apr 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Spanish prostitutes least likely to use condoms

The Centre for Epidemiological Studies into Sexually-Transmitted Diseases and AIDS in Catalonia (CEEISCAT) started a pioneering study in Spain in 2005 to look into the prevalence of sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) among ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0