An ongoing dialogue on HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases,
June 24th, 2009
An Irrational Fear of IRIS?
One of the most important recent studies in HIV has just been “published” in (on?) PLoS ONE. It’s ACTG 5164, led by Andrew Zolopa, which compared “early” versus “deferred” antiretroviral therapy in 282 patients presenting with acute opportunistic infections. (Full disclosure: I am on the protocol study team — but am not an author on this paper.) […]