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01-12-2010 | Review
5thInternational AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention: summary of key research and implications for policy and practice - Introduction
Author:
Rodney Kort
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Journal of the International AIDS Society
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Special Issue 1/2010
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Excerpt
Attracting more than 5800 participants from 123 countries, the 5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2009), held in Cape Town, South Africa, on 19-23 July 2009, offered more than 1550 reports on original research in four areas: basic sciences (Track A), clinical sciences (Track B), biomedical prevention (Track C), and – new at this meeting – operations research (Track D). The 59 sessions included 12 plenary addresses by leaders from every area of HIV research. The conference was particularly rich in research that may affect the path of the epidemic in low- and middle-income countries, although policy- and practice-shaping developments from high-income countries were also present. …