Symptoms, illnesses and opportunistic infections

Flu threat

It’s been described as “the biological equivalent of the Boxing Day tsunami” — an outbreak of avian influenza in Australia could cause thousands of deaths, officials have warned, and people living with HIV/AIDS are among the groups at risk.

On the shoulders of giants

The annual conference of the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine (ASHM) was held in Hobart, Tasmania, from 24-27 August.