Conference Updates from Montreal
posted: 04/02/2009
CROI is one of the major scientific conferences of the year for HIV, and NAM will help you keep up with what is new in the very latest research presented in Montreal. You can sign up for conference updates from NAM.
Among the expected highlights of the conference will be:
- New information on how treatment reduces HIV transmission, with reports on its impact in Uganda, Rwanda and Zambia, as well as new data on viral shedding in people with undetectable viral loads
- Can so-called 'intensification' approaches, using new drugs like raltegravir, reduce the amount of HIV-infected cells in the body?
- Prevention results from a large microbicide study, HPTN 035
- Large studies of long-term side-effects of antiretroviral treatment – what is the risk of heart attack in people taking antiretroviral drugs?
- Is HIV still causing brain problems such as memory loss, poor concentration and other cognitive difficulties in people taking long-term antiretroviral treatment?
NAM's conference news services
NAM will be reporting from the conference, publishing daily conference news stories on their their website aidsmap.com and you can sign up for a daily email bulletin that summarises of the key developments. The conference bulletin will also be available in French, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian.
CROI 2009 - 16th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections :: 8-11 February 2009, Montreal
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