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Infectious Diseases
HIV
Infectious Diseases
Valerie Delpech, MBBS, MPH, on the Trends of HIV Infection in the United Kingdom
06/05/2020
She speaks about the UK HIV epidemic and the programs that were implemented that helped reduce the number of HIV infections in the region.
06/05/2020
Infectious Diseases
Melanie Taylor, MD, MPH
Infectious Diseases
Melanie Taylor, MD, MPH, on Congenital Syphilis and Penicillin as Prevention
05/06/2020
She discusses her virtual session at CROI 2020, during which she talked about global trends in congenital syphilis, prevention of mother-to-child transmission, and why every pregnant woman with syphilis...
05/06/2020
Infectious Diseases
Shane Crotty, PhD
Infectious Diseases
Shane Crotty, PhD, on Engineering Vaccine Immunity
04/21/2020
He discusses his research in virology and how his team is working to produce better vaccines through understanding the immunology of helper T cells, germinal centers, and the human-naïve B-cell repertoire. ...
04/21/2020

Conference Coverage

Inflammation
Inflammation
Inflammation and Treating the Aging HIV Population
03/09/2019
With the aging HIV population, it is important to understand how inflammation and age-related comorbidities will affect treatment options in this population moving forward. This was the topic of Tuesday’s...
03/09/2019
prevention
prevention
The Safety and Efficacy of a PrEP Regimen With TAF Versus Traditional TDF in HIV Prevention
03/09/2019
Results of a new study presented at CROI 2019, found the efficacy and safety of F/TAF versus F/TDF for PrEP in MSM and transgender women who are at high risk of HIV acquisition.
03/09/2019
prevention
prevention
Phylogenetic Data Improves HIV Detection
03/09/2019
In this plenary session, Alexandra M. Oster, from the CDC, discusses molecular detection of HIV clusters, how the United States has used that data, and how researchers have responded to these clusters. ...
03/09/2019
prevention
prevention
bNAb May Hold the Key to HIV Cure, Vaccine
03/09/2019
For his Bernard Fields Lecture at CROI 2019, Dr Michel C. Nussenzweig from the Rockefeller University in New York discussed the discovery and development of HIV broadly neutralizing antibodies.
03/09/2019
Antiretroviral Therapy
Antiretroviral Therapy
Defining the Risk Factors After ART Switch
03/09/2019
While weight gain occurs after ART initiation with all modern regimens, researchers of a study presented at CROI 2019 determined whether INSTI-based ART is associated with excess weight gain.
03/09/2019

Clinical Insights

Infectious Diseases
HIV
Infectious Diseases
Valerie Delpech, MBBS, MPH, on the Trends of HIV Infection in the United Kingdom
06/05/2020
She speaks about the UK HIV epidemic and the programs that were implemented that helped reduce the number of HIV infections in the region.
06/05/2020
Infectious Diseases
Melanie Taylor, MD, MPH
Infectious Diseases
Melanie Taylor, MD, MPH, on Congenital Syphilis and Penicillin as Prevention
05/06/2020
She discusses her virtual session at CROI 2020, during which she talked about global trends in congenital syphilis, prevention of mother-to-child transmission, and why every pregnant woman with syphilis...
05/06/2020
Infectious Diseases
Shane Crotty, PhD
Infectious Diseases
Shane Crotty, PhD, on Engineering Vaccine Immunity
04/21/2020
He discusses his research in virology and how his team is working to produce better vaccines through understanding the immunology of helper T cells, germinal centers, and the human-naïve B-cell repertoire. ...
04/21/2020
Infectious Diseases
Matt Freiberg
Infectious Diseases
Matt Freiberg, MD, on Sudden Cardiac Death in HIV
03/10/2019
Dr Matt Freiberg, from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, discusses his research "Sudden Cardiac Death Among HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Veterans," which he presented at CROI 2019. He also talks...
03/10/2019
Infectious Diseases
Irini Sereti
Infectious Diseases
Irini Sereti, MD, on Taming Inflammation in HIV
03/10/2019
Irini Sereti, MD, from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks about her research on inflammation in HIV and her session “Inflammation: Taming the Flames,” at CROI 2019.
03/10/2019