﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><?xml-stylesheet title="XSL_formatting" type="text/xsl" href="cms1260795.aspx"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><language>en-gb</language><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:55:17 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:55:17 GMT</lastBuildDate><title><![CDATA[aidsmap.com news feed : aidsmap news]]></title><description><![CDATA[aidsmap.com news feed : aidsmap news]]></description><copyright>Copyright NAM 2008</copyright><link>http://www.aidsmap.com</link><atom:link href="http://www.aidsmap.com/cms1260794.aspx" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><image><title><![CDATA[aidsmap.com news feed : aidsmap news]]></title><url>http://www.aidsmap.com/files/file1002517.gif</url><link>http://www.aidsmap.com</link><width>122</width><height>44</height></image><ttl>15</ttl><item><title><![CDATA['Hidden epidemic' of HIV amongst African migrants in the United States]]></title><link>http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/357D460E-4816-483A-A739-80E59DDD46F8.asp</link><author>Michael Carter</author><guid isPermaLink="false">357D460E-4816-483A-A739-80E59DDD46F8</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:55:17 GMT</pubDate><image /><description><![CDATA[There is a “hidden epidemic” of HIV amongst African migrants living in the United States, according to investigators writing in the September 12th edition of AIDS. The researchers found that African-born individuals in the US had a disproportionately high prevalence of HIV – although they comprised only 0.6% of the study population, almost 4% of HIV diagnoses were amongst African-born individuals. Furthermore, the investigators found that in one health area approximately 50% of HIV infections amongst black people were amongst individuals originating in Africa. 
]]></description><category>Africa news</category><category>Statistics and epidemiology news</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blood viral load predicts HIV transmission better than semen viral load in small study among MSM]]></title><link>http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/9FB2F33E-A7E4-4033-8933-C39BE61F17E8.asp</link><author>David McLay</author><guid isPermaLink="false">9FB2F33E-A7E4-4033-8933-C39BE61F17E8</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:55:17 GMT</pubDate><image /><description><![CDATA[A small US study among men who have sex with men has added new information to the debate around the links between HIV transmission and viral load levels in semen. The study, published in the August 20th issue of AIDS, found that blood viral load correlated better with transmission than seminal viral load. The study also investigated the role of infection with herpes simplex virus-2, finding an increased risk of HIV transmission, but only when the HIV source partner carried the virus. 
]]></description><category>Prevention news</category><category>Gay men news</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Infectiousness and antiretroviral therapy: reports look set to further fuel the debate]]></title><link>http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/99DF7ED6-786E-4C29-B2D3-280ABB144C12.asp</link><author>Michael Carter</author><guid isPermaLink="false">99DF7ED6-786E-4C29-B2D3-280ABB144C12</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:55:17 GMT</pubDate><image /><description><![CDATA[A man transmitted HIV to his regular male partner despite taking antiretroviral treatment and having an undetectable viral load in his blood, German doctors report in the journal Antiviral Therapy. The authors believe that this is the first recorded instance of an individual with an undetectable viral load infecting a sexual partner with HIV.
]]></description><category>Gay men news</category><category>Prevention news</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Albendazole treatment of helminth co-infection in Kenyan HIV patients raises CD4 counts]]></title><link>http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/9CE4A1AD-02C5-4BC5-80DE-92CF0E80B8EC.asp</link><author>Tom Egwang</author><guid isPermaLink="false">9CE4A1AD-02C5-4BC5-80DE-92CF0E80B8EC</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:55:17 GMT</pubDate><image /><description><![CDATA[Albendazole therapy in adult Kenyan AIDS patients co-infected with the parasitic worm Ascaris lumbricoides significantly increased CD4 cell counts, according to the results of a clinical trial published in the August 20th edition of the journal AIDS. 
]]></description><category>Africa news</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice Edwin Cameron calls for a campaign against 'misguided criminal laws and prosecutions']]></title><link>http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/D2C8CE4E-E341-445F-87AE-4947D64F6CF0.asp</link><author>Edwin J. Bernard</author><guid isPermaLink="false">D2C8CE4E-E341-445F-87AE-4947D64F6CF0</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:55:17 GMT</pubDate><image /><description><![CDATA[“HIV is a virus, not a crime,” argued South African Supreme Court Justice Edwin Cameron during his impassioned call for “a campaign against criminalisation” on the final day of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. 
]]></description><category>Conference news</category><category>Middle East news</category><category>HIV and the law news</category><category>Africa news</category><category>Prevention news</category><category>Developed world news</category><category>Asia and Pacific news</category><category>Community involvement news</category><category>Mexico 2008</category><category>Women and HIV news</category><category>World policy News</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[HIV prevalence and incidence in Uganda on the way up]]></title><link>http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/166FC24E-E7B7-4F6A-BF6F-71EB65B0F9BB.asp</link><author>Michael Carter</author><guid isPermaLink="false">166FC24E-E7B7-4F6A-BF6F-71EB65B0F9BB</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:55:17 GMT</pubDate><image /><description><![CDATA[HIV prevalence and incidence in rural Uganda appear to be increasing, researchers report in a study published in the August 20th edition of AIDS. Coinciding with these increases, the investigators observed changes in HIV sexual risk behaviours in certain groups. The study was conducted in villages in rural Uganda and the trends it revealed mirror other evidence from Uganda pointing to increases in HIV prevalence and incidence.
]]></description><category>Africa news</category><category>Prevention news</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half of Russian XDR-TB patients cured with aggressive treatment]]></title><link>http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/F5ED3CAA-1793-424B-B40A-BEEA9114CD1B.asp</link><author>Keith Alcorn</author><guid isPermaLink="false">F5ED3CAA-1793-424B-B40A-BEEA9114CD1B</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:55:17 GMT</pubDate><image /><description><![CDATA[Just under half of 29 patients diagnosed with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) in a Russian TB treatment programme were cured through aggressive treatment between 2000 and 2004, US and Russian researchers report in the online edition of The Lancet on August 25th. 
]]></description><category>Tuberculosis news</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Updated British HIV pregnancy guidelines published]]></title><link>http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/1F5C9025-994B-4BFB-8BDD-2983DA933831.asp</link><author>Michael Carter</author><guid isPermaLink="false">1F5C9025-994B-4BFB-8BDD-2983DA933831</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:55:17 GMT</pubDate><image /><description><![CDATA[Updated British guidelines for the care and treatment of HIV-positive pregnant women have been published. 
]]></description><category>Children and HIV news</category><category>Mother-to-child transmission news</category><category>UK news</category><category>Women and HIV news</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Incidence increasing of HIV-associated multicentric Castleman's disease, a relatively rare lymphatic cancer]]></title><link>http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/1B51F594-075A-40A1-B3D2-7DBB8AF10A52.asp</link><author>Edwin J. Bernard</author><guid isPermaLink="false">1B51F594-075A-40A1-B3D2-7DBB8AF10A52</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:55:17 GMT</pubDate><image /><description><![CDATA[Increasing numbers of cases of the relatively rare lymphatic cancer, multicentric Castleman's disease, are being diagnosed in HIV-positive individuals attending the UK’s largest HIV clinic, according to a presentation to the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City earlier this month by Dr Mark Bower of London’s Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. 
]]></description><category>Conference news</category><category>HIV and cancer news</category><category>Mexico 2008</category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rapid progression of liver fibrosis in HIV-positive gay men recently infected with hepatitis C]]></title><link>http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/6EADB4EF-E999-4114-B764-8ECCA62A1A7A.asp</link><author>Michael Carter</author><guid isPermaLink="false">6EADB4EF-E999-4114-B764-8ECCA62A1A7A</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:55:17 GMT</pubDate><image /><description><![CDATA[A US study has found that many HIV-positive gay men recently infected with hepatitis C virus have rapidly developed moderate-to-severe liver fibrosis. The study is published in the September 1st edition of the Journal of Infectious Diseases. 
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