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Data on HIV/AIDS therapy discussed by researchers at University of Turin, Department of Infectious Diseases

Published in AIDS Weekly, April 30th, 2007

Current study results from the report, "Antiretroviral activity of pegylated interferon alfa-2a in patients co-infected with HIV/hepatitis C virus," have been published. According to recent research from Turin, Italy, "To evaluate the early anti-HIV activity of pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN) alfa-2a and ribavirin in HIV/hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infected patients not receiving antiretroviral therapy. In 19 patients with baseline plasma HIV load (HIV-RNA) >1000 copies/mL treated with PEG-IFN alfa-2a and ribavirin, HIV-RNA and T-cell subsets were measured at baseline and 2, 4 and 12 weeks after initiation of anti-HCV therapy. We observed a significant HIV-RNA decrease (>1 log(10)...

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