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Power combo: Harm reduction plus effective treatment help prevent spread of Hepatitis C

July 28, 2020 | Vancouver Coastal Health

Fifty-three year old Vancouver resident Sage Rinaldo lived with hepatitis C for many years before working up the courage to seek treatment. Rinaldo credits a community health nurse in the Downtown Eastside who gained her trust and helped her successfully treat her hepatitis C with a new anti-viral treatment. Now, Rinaldo is giving back by taking part in a long-term follow up study focussed on reinfection prevention. The Per-SVR study is aiming to better understand if, how and when hepatitis C reinfection may occur.

HIV Stigma Remains High, While Public's Knowledge Remains Low

July 27, 2020 | plus

Shocking numbers of Americans still think one has to be "careful" around people living with HIV.

SFU researchers working to improve COVID-19 testing

July 16, 2020 | SFU

Enhanced training for those who collect specimens for COVID-19 testing can help increase the accuracy of diagnostic results, according to a new study led by SFU health sciences PhD student Natalie Kinloch.

Can U=U be used to reshape HIV programmes globally?

July 15, 2020 | aidsmap

Research presented to the 23rd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2020: Virtual) last week on 'Undetectable = Untransmittable' (U=U) indicates varying levels of awareness and acceptance of this powerful message, despite the conclusive finding that people living with HIV who have an undetectable viral cannot infect others.

FHS PhD student successful in CIHR doctoral competition

July 13, 2020 | SFU

Aniqa Shahid, a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS), has been successful in the CIHR doctoral research competition, winning the Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships Doctoral Award. In addition to supporting her current research, this award will help her with future applications for post-doctoral research opportunities, as well as other research grants.

Why HIV care services must continue during pandemic

July 10, 2020 | The Jakarta Post

The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted the global battle against infectious diseases. Several countries have made improvements in their fight against new HIV infections in recent years, but reports say the coronavirus crisis has undermined HIV prevention and sexual reproductive health services for key populations and affected communities worldwide.

Suboptimal Biological Sampling as a Probable Cause of False-Negative COVID-19 Diagnostic Test Results

July 6, 2020 | Science in the City

Before the pandemic, our lab studied HIV genetic diversity at the within-host and population levels, towards the ultimate goal of designing preventive (e.g. vaccine) or curative strategies. After COVID-19 emerged however, we, like other virology laboratories across the globe, pivoted our research programme to SARS-CoV-2.

COVID-19 study led by PhD student identifies improper sample collection as a source of false-negative test results

July 6, 2020 | SFU

Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) PhD student and Vanier scholar Natalie Kinloch recently led a study that was published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, showing that improper collection of nasopharyngeal swabs is a major cause of false-negative COVID-19 diagnostic tests.

Four Decades of HIV/AIDS — Much Accomplished, Much to Do

July 2, 2020 | The New England Journal of Medicine

The dramatic saga of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) features an early sense of helplessness and frustration in the face of a mysterious new disease, courage on the part of the afflicted, and the gradual accrual of groundbreaking scientific advances that have brought hope to a formerly desperate situation. This progress began with a series of detailed epidemiologic studies, which were followed by the discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as the causative agent of AIDS, and has culminated in highly effective treatment regimens that have transformed HIV from a near-certain death sentence to a manageable disease (see timeline). Looking ahead, and considering the spectacular scientific advances that have been made over nearly four decades, it is conceivable that with optimal implementation of available prevention strategies and treatments, the end of HIV/AIDS as a global pandemic will be attainable.

Four Decades of HIV/AIDS — Much Accomplished, Much to Do

July 2, 2020 | The News England Journal of Medicine

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