Irving F. Hoffman

TL;DR: Interventions that simplify the ART clinic transfer process, facilitate partner disclosure, and provide counseling about the importance of lifelong ART beyond pregnancy and breastfeeding should be further evaluated for improving retention in ART treatment of women living with HIV in Malawi.

TL;DR: A test designed to concomitantly detect HIV antibodies and p24 antigen in separate reading frames at the point of care was evaluated among persons attending a sexually transmitted infection clinic and an HIV testing and counseling center in Lilongwe, Malawi, and found that the antibody portion of the test had excellent sensitivity and specificity for detecting established HIV infection.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors describe the feeding profile of low birthweight infants in the first half of infancy; and examine growth patterns and early risk factors of poor 6-month growth outcomes.

TL;DR: Compared with the general Vietnamese population, HCV was more prevalent among the authors' sample of HIV+ individuals, and future efforts for the prevention and treatment of HCV should be focused in this community.

TL;DR: It is hypothesized that the rare occurrence of fusA2 in N. gonorrhoeae clinical isolates is likely due to a fitness cost during infection, but compensatory mutations which alleviate this fitness cost could emerge and promote GenR in global strains.