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Report from the 15th Retrovirus Conference

The ACC editors provide their perspective on the most important findings presented at the meeting.

The 15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) took place February 3–6 this year in cool, rainy Boston. As with previous meetings held in this city, the weather was of little concern; most of the nearly 4000 attendees could walk to the Hynes Convention Center from their hotels via covered walkways. CROI holds a special place among the major HIV meetings in its extensive coverage of basic, clinical, and social sciences — and this year’s conference was no disappointment. Many studies are summarized below, grouped loosely into themes, with additional perspectives provided by the ACC editors. For more information, readers are encouraged to review the excellent conference website, which, according to CROI organizers, holds 90% of the meeting’s abstracts, posters, and oral sessions (via webcasts). Although there have been rumors regarding the timing of next year’s conference, an official announcement of the dates is not expected until this spring.

More Setbacks in HIV Prevention

Continued Problems with Late HIV Diagnosis and New Problems with Testing Scale-Up

Parsing the Options from Comparative Trials of Initial Antiretroviral Therapy

Increased Risk for Non–AIDS-Related Complications: Implications for Early ART

Racial Disparities in Outcomes Among HIV-Infected Patients

Is Abacavir Therapy Associated with MI Risk?

Opportunistic Infections: TB, HIV, and XDR TB

Durability of New Agents for Treatment-Experienced Patients

Etravirine Resistance: Baseline Prevalence and Proposed Criteria for "Vircotype"

Expanding HIV Treatment Options in Pregnancy

HCV/HIV: Good News, Continued Challenges

— Paul E. Sax, MD

Published in AIDS Clinical Care March 10, 2008