Hiv Infection
Helminth infection may reduce HIV transmission, disease
EHR data in primary care can help avert HIV infections
Merck Foundation commits $7M to improve HIV care in southeast US
HIV-exposed, uninfected kids hospitalized at twice the rate of unexposed kids

In the United States, children born to mothers with HIV but who are not infected with the virus are hospitalized at more than twice the rate of children born to mothers without HIV, according to research published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. They also face twice the rate of hospitalization from infections.
HCV, HIV co-clinic reaches hard-to-treat population
Establishing a co-located hepatitis C virus clinic within an HIV clinic successfully managed co-infected patients — a typically hard-to-treat population — resulting in HCV treatment initiation in 70.5% of participants and an SVR at 12 weeks post-treatment or cure in 56.1% of patients, according to a study.
Early syphilis, HIV infection associated with ocular syphilis
Top stories in infectious disease: Dapivirine vaginal ring reduces HIV risk; hospital cleaning bundle efficient, cost-effective
Among the top stories in infectious disease last week were findings from the HOPE trial that determined the dapivirine vaginal ring reduced the risk for HIV infection by an estimated 39% and a study that indicated a novel hospital cleaning bundle that improved cleaning thoroughness and reduced vancomycin-resistant enterococci infections by 37% is also cost-effective.
TARGET: Urine can be used to measure recent PrEP, ART adherence
Measuring the concentration of tenofovir in a patient’s urine can determine their recent adherence to pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, for HIV prevention or tenofovir-based ART, according to findings from the Tenofovir Adherence to Rapidly Guide and Evaluate PrEP and HIV Therapy, or TARGET, study.