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The Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) was established in 1993 to provide a forum for basic scientists and clinical investigators to present, discuss, and critique their investigations into the epidemiology and biology of human retroviruses and associated diseases. The synergy of basic science and clinical investigation has been a major contributor to the success of the meeting. CROI has facilitated the presentation of important discoveries in the field, thereby accelerating progress in HIV and AIDS research. As always, the best and most consequential original research in HIV, hepatitis viruses, SARS-CoV-2, and other viral infections and their related conditions defines the science at CROI.

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Research Review Conference

Thursday, January 5^th, 2016

9:30 – 11:00 a.m.

Call-in Information: Number: (866) 740-1260; Access Code: 5434749

9:30 am                  Proposal: Effect of HIV and smoking on nicotine system function and cardiovascular risk – Brook Henry, PhD, UC San Diego

10:30 am               Publications Update

10:45 am               Current funding opportunities

Upcoming Scientific Meetings and Abstract Deadlines

Current Funding Opportunity Announcements

Future RRC Topics

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• HIV is spread through contact with the blood, semen, pre-seminal fluid, vaginal fluids, rectal fluids and breast milk from a person infected with HIV.
• HIV can also be spread through sharing drug injection equipment, such as needles, with someone who has HIV.
• Although not to be confused with cure, treatment is available to prolong lives.  HIV medication is called antiretroviral therapy, or ART for short.
  
  

In the United States

• More than 1.2 million people in the United States are living with HIV infection, and almost 1 in 7 (14%) are unaware of their infection.[1]
• Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM^a), particularly young African-American MSM, are most seriously affected by HIV.[1]
• African-Americans face the most severe burden of HIV.[1]
• There are about 50,000 new HIV infections per year[2]
• Females are affected too. 
• Americans aged 50 and older have many of the same HIV risk factors as younger Americans.
• People aged 55 and older accounted for 26% (313,200) of the 1.2 million estimated HIV infections in the US in 2011.
• In 2010, 44% (1,100) of the estimated 2,500 new HIV infections among people aged 55 and older were among gay, bisexual, or other men who have sex with men (MSM).[4]

Global

• Since the beginning of the epidemic, almost 78 million people have been infected with the HIV virus and about 39 million people have died of HIV[5].
• Globally, 35 million people were living with HIV at the end of 2013[5].
• Sub-Saharan Africa remains most severely affected, with nearly 1 in every 20 adults living with HIV and accounting for nearly 71% of the people living with HIV worldwide[5]
• Heterosexual intercourse remains the epidemic‘s main driving force in sub-Saharan Africa, unlike in the rest of the world where HIV disproportionately affects injecting drug users, commercial sex workers, and men who have sex with men[6].

References Cited

1.     Center for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC - Fact Sheets - Resource Library - HIV/AIDS. 2012  [cited 2015 May 12]; Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/library/factsheets/index.html.

2.     Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Estimated HIV incdience in the United Sttes, 2007-2010. HIV Surveillance Supplemental Report, 2012. 17(No. 4): p. 5. PMC

3.     Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Estimated HIV incdience in the United Sttes, 2007-2010. HIV Surveillance Supplemental Report, 2012. 17(No. 4): p. 6. PMC

4.     Center for Disease Control and Prevention. HIV Among People Aged 50 and Older. 2015 April 12, 2015 [cited 2015 May 12]; Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/risk/age/olderamericans/index.html.

5.     World Health Organization. HIV/AIDS. 2015  [cited 2015 May 12]; Available from: http://www.who.int/gho/hiv/en/.

6.     Vinod Mishra, Agrawal Praween, Soumya Alva, Yuan Gu, and Shanxio Wang, Changes in HIV-Related Knowledge and Behaviors in Sub-Saharan Africa. DHS Comparative Reports, 2009. 24: p. 2. PMC

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