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Search among all approved abstracts from the following conferences:
  • IAS 2001 - 1st IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment (Buenos Aires, 2001)
     
  • AIDS 2002 - XIV International AIDS Conference (Barcelona, 2002)
     
  • IAS 2003 - 2nd IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment (Paris, 2003)
     
  • AIDS 2004 - XV International AIDS Conference (Bangkok, 2004)
     
  • IAS 2005 - 3rd Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment (Rio de Janeiro, 2005)
     
  • AIDS 2006 - XVI International AIDS Conference (Toronto, 2006)
     
  • IAS 2007 - 4th Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment and Prevention (Sydney, 2007)
     
  • AIDS 2008 - XVII International AIDS Conference (Mexico, 2008)
     
  • IAS 2009 - 5th Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment and Prevention (Cape Town, 2009)
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1. Research on women, are we doing enough? An analysis of abstracts at the 4th IAS conference...
By E. Collins 1 , S. Walmsley 2

Background: There is concern over lack of research relevant to HIV and women. To assess this, we surveyed abstracts relating to women and girls presented at a major international AIDS conference: IAS 2007 in Sydney, Australia. Methods: All acce...

AIDS 2008 - XVII International AIDS Conference
abstract no. CDD0248



2. Can unsafe sex be safe? Review of sexual transmissibility of HIV-1 according to viral load...
By S. Attia 1 , M. Egger 1 , N. Low 1

Background: Controversy exists over a Swiss Federal Commission’s statement that the risk per sex act of HIV-1 transmission from an individual on antiretroviral therapy with completely suppressed viremia and without another sexually transmitted inf...

AIDS 2008 - XVII International AIDS Conference
abstract no. THAC0505



3. The fate of African based HIV/AIDS clinical trials presented at conferences - do they get ...
By N. Siegfried 1 , M. Clarke 2

Background: Publication bias can cause over- or under-estimates of the true effect size when pooling data in meta-analyses in systematic reviews. This bias can occur when trials reported only in the so-called "grey literature" (e.g. conf...

AIDS 2006 - XVI International AIDS Conference
abstract no. CDB0384



4. Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in Africa versus North America: a meta-regression anal...
By E. Mills 1 , J. Nachega 2 , I. Buchan 3 , J. Orbinski 4 , S. Singh 5 , B. Rachlis 6 , L....

Background: Adherence to antiretroviral therapy is the most powerful predictor of survival for people living with HIV/AIDS. Authorities have assumed that adherence in Africa would be sub-optimal, which, in some circumstances, has led to restrict...

AIDS 2006 - XVI International AIDS Conference
abstract no. TUPDB03



5. Non-clinical outcomes of antiretroviral therapy for HIV/AIDS in developing countries: a sy...
By J. Beard, F. Feeley, S. Rosen, M. Fox

Background: The impacts of antiretroviral therapy (ART) on quality of life, mental health, labor productivity, and economic wellbeing for people living with HIV/AIDS in developing countries are only beginning to be measured. We conducted a systema...

5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment
abstract no. WEPED210



6. The fate of all research-based abstracts presented by UK-based researchers at the 13th Int...
By S. Jones

Background: Abstract-driven sessions at scientific conferences are a critical forum for the dissemination of new information and as such they form an integral part of research. However, they cannot equal the extent of dissemination possible throug...

AIDS 2006 - XVI International AIDS Conference
abstract no. MOPE0855



7. Antifungal interventions for the primary prevention of cryptococcal disease in persons wit...
By L W Chang 1 , W P Phipps 1 , G E Kennedy 2 , G W Rutherford 2 1 Univers...

Background: Cryptococcal disease is a major source of morbidity and mortality in persons with HIV, particularly in the developing world. In this systematic review, the efficacy of antifungals for the primary prevention of cryptococcal disease in pe...

The XV International AIDS Conference
abstract no. B10408



8. Can harmful vaginal practices be modified? A meta ethnography
By A. Martin Hilber 1 , E. Kenter 2 , S. Redmond 3 , S. Merten 4 , N. Low 5 , R. Garside 6

Background: Some vaginal practices have been implicated as a potential facilitator of HIV transmission in women. In recent years, this research group has conducted a series of qual/quantitative studies to assess the nature, prevalence, and potenti...

5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment
abstract no. CDC089



9. Organization of care and health setting for people living with HIV/AIDS: a Cochrane system...
By C. Handford 1 , A.-M. Tynan 2 , J. Rackal 3 , R.H. Glazier 4

Background: Treating the world’s 40.3 million persons currently infected with HIV/AIDS is an international responsibility. Certain models of organization of care have proven effective for patients living with a variety of chronic illnesses but the...

AIDS 2006 - XVI International AIDS Conference
abstract no. TUPE0218



10. New strategies in reducing HIV vertical transmition
By Delia P. 1 , Rosso A. 1 , Peixoto L. 1 , Boeira N. 1 , Guaraldi E. 1

Objectives: Scientific evidence has establish the best benefits of starting HAART at the gestational age of 14 weeks in reduction HIV vertical transmition. In the third IAS Conference our institution presented those data that evinced that pregnant...

4th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention
abstract no. CDC122