Kim Sigaloff and Raph Hamers (PASER study) have reviewed the recently published HIV & TB Drug Resistance & Clinical Management Case Book by Rossouw, Lessells and de Oliveira. This book is an important aid to clinicians in South Africa and beyond, who are managing complex...
Kim Sigaloff and Raph Hamers (PASER study) have reviewed the recently published HIV & TB Drug Resistance & Clinical Management Case Book by Rossouw, Lessells and de Oliveira. This book is an important aid to clinicians in South Africa and beyond, who are managing complex...
NEWS from the 7th Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, IAS 2013, Kuala Lumpur New HIV treatment guidelines by WHO recommend offering antiretroviral therapy (ART) earlier. Recent evidence indicates that earlier ART will help people with HIV to live longer, healthier lives, and substantially reduce...
We are very proud to announce that Peter van Rooijen was named 'Officier in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau' (Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau). Lilianne Ploumen, Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, presented him with this royal decoration at the 21st AmsterdamDiner, one...
High seroprevalence of HBV and HCV infection in HIV-infected adults in Kigali, Rwanda. HBV and HCV co-infection(s) in HIV patients has negative impact on the outcome of hepatitis and complicates the management of HIV infection. This paper addresses the prevalence and incidence of hepatitis B virus...
First national tuberculin survey in Vietnam: characteristics and association with tuberculosis prevalence In this article Nguyen Binh Hoa, together with AIGHD epidemiologists Frank Cobelens and Edine Tiemersma, presents the results of a nationwide survey of infection with tuberculosis (TB) bacilli ("latent TB infection") among children in...