"The conference included a broad range of important studies that could inform use of currently approved drugs, and first results of a new integrase inhibitor.
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"Most of the oral sessions at the meeting focused on reviewing the current state-of-the-art treatment, biological prevention strategies, patient management and epidemiological data in order to bring continuing education to clinicians and practioners where the epidemic is raging.
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"Lopinavir/ritonavir (Kaletra) taken once-daily as part of a combination antiretroviral regimen worked as well as the approved twice-daily dose in previously treated patients but led to better adherence, researchers reported on Tuesday at the Fifth International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Prevention in Cape Town, South Africa.
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(Cape Town, South Africa) Fewer Zimbabweans are getting infected with AIDS, and researchers speculate it's due in part to a battered economy that's leaving men short of money to be sugar daddies and keep mistresses.
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"Unboosted atazanavir (Reyataz) taken once-daily as part of a combination antiretroviral regimen can keep viral load undetectable in patients who discontinue ritonavir, researchers reported on Wednesday at the Fifth International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Prevention in Cape Town, South Africa.
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"Ritonavir-boosted darunavir (Prezista) alone maintains HIV suppression in most patients who achieved an undetectable viral load on combination antiretroviral therapy, according to two studies presented this week at the Fifth International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Prevention in Cape Town, South Africa.
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(Cape Town, South Africa) South Africa has stopped funding research on an AIDS vaccine, a leading scientist said Monday, even as a major vaccine trial on humans began in the country ravaged by the world's worst AIDS epidemic.
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"This weekend approximately 5,000 of the world’s leading scientists, clinicians, public health experts and community leaders will convene in Cape Town, South Africa, for the 5th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Prevention (IAS 2009) to “examine the latest developments in HIV-related research, and to explore how scientific advances can—in very practical ways—inform the global response to HIV/AIDS.
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"Recent disruptions in the supply of anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs and other essential medical items in at least six African countries are putting HIV patients’ lives at risk, said the medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on Friday, a day ahead of the International AIDS Society Conference in Cape Town, South Africa.
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(Cape Town, South Africa) The number of new HIV infections among South African teens has dropped significantly, prompting hope that national efforts to tackle the epidemic have finally turned a corner after years of denial and delay.
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