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IAS 2017: Who Are Trans Women Acquiring HIV From?
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- Category: Transgender People
- Published on Thursday, 21 September 2017 00:00
- Written by Gus Cairns
There is a lot we don't know about trans women's HIV risk, why they are so vulnerable to HIV, and who trans women are acquiring HIV from. A study presented at the recent 9th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2017) attempted to answer these questions, but in the process uncovered another mystery: is there a hidden population of heterosexual men who have sex with trans women and who are themselves at high risk of acquiring and transmitting HIV? One thing the study did make clear, however, is that a lot of HIV infections among trans women may be due to injecting drugs rather than sex.
IAS 2017: Trans Women Wary of Antiretroviral Drug and Hormone Interactions
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- Category: HIV Treatment
- Published on Thursday, 17 August 2017 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Transgender women with HIV may be hesitant to use antiretroviral therapy (ART) or not take it as prescribed because of concerns about drug interactions with feminizing hormones, according to a presentation at the 9th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2017) last month in Paris.
California Demonstration Projects to Study HIV PrEP for Transgender People
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- Category: Transgender People
- Published on Wednesday, 27 April 2016 00:00
- Written by UC San Diego Health
The California HIV/AIDS Research Program has announced funding for 3 new pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) demonstration projects that will explore the use of Truvada (tenofovir/emtricitabine) for HIV prevention for transgender women and men, with a focus on improving adherence and monitoring interactions between antiretrovirals and gender-affirming hormone therapy.
Positively Trans Survey Looks at Lives of Transgender People Living with HIV
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- Category: Transgender People
- Published on Wednesday, 27 April 2016 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
The Transgender Law Center (TLC) released in March the first report of findings from its Positively Trans survey, which aims to learn more about the lives and experiences of transgender people living with HIV.TLC, working with a national advisory board of trans community leaders and with support from the Elton John AIDS Foundation, launched the survey in response to the structural inequities that drive the high rate of HIV/AIDS and poor health outcomes among trans people.
CROI 2016: Transgender People at High Risk for HIV, But Little Is Known About Prevention and Treatment
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- Category: Transgender People
- Published on Tuesday, 08 March 2016 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Transgender women have among the highest rates of HIV infection, but little is known about HIV prevalence among trans men, Tonia Poteat from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health said in a plenary lecture on transgender health and HIV at the recent Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2016)in Boston -- the first ever on this population at CROI. A growing number of studies and prevention and treatment programs are addressing transgender populations, but more research is needed.
More Articles...
- NHPC 2015: High Rates of HIV Found Among Trans Women
- IDWeek 2013: HIV+ Transwomen Not Getting the Maximum Benefits of Care
- HIV Treatment Outcomes Improving among Transgender People
- The Stigma-Sickness Slope: HIV Vulnerability in Asian Transgender Populations
- CDC Fact Sheets on HIV among Women and Transgender People
- IAS 2011: iPrEx Shows PrEP is Durable [VIDEO]
- WHO Issues First Gay and Transgender HIV Prevention Guidelines
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