#Australia

A survey of Australian men who have sex with men conducted in 2016 found a low proportion trusted HIV treatment as prevention of the virus.

An Australian study found that a recent spike in PrEP use coincided with a swift drop in condom use among both those on and off PrEP.

Like HIV, HTLV-1 can be transmitted through blood and sex. It weakens the immune system and can cause death.

However, two similar cases have been reported in Australia.

Highlights from HIV and hepatitis C research presented at the 2018 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Boston

After a gay man tested HIV positive, a test of his hair indicated he’d adhered well to PrEP—but did he contract a drug-resistant strain?

This is according to the world’s first study to conduct an analysis of PrEP’s apparent effect on the HIV rate on a public-health level.

An annual surveillance report on STIs and other blood-borne illnesses also found that new cases of hepatitis B are down among youths.

New South Wales, which includes Sydney, is likely seeing the benefits of new HIV prevention efforts.

Between this study of mixed-HIV-status gay couples and a similar previous study, partners have engaged in about 35,000 condomless sex acts.

Yet the country sees about 1,200 cases of HIV each year.

An analysis of the themes at the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia.

It is not clear if any of them are HIV positive.

Laws that criminalize intravenous drug use and homosexuality were big topics during day two of the 20th International AIDS Conference.

The conference takes place July 20 to 25 in Melbourne, Australia.

He was deputy director of public policy at amfAR.