HIV/AIDS and STD Updates.

The article offers news briefs related to sexually transmitted diseases in the U.S. The National Tuberculosis (TB) Surveillance System reveled that TB cases have reached an all-time low rate in 2008. There were almost 100 genes that support replication of hepatitis C virus (HCV) identified by the researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Meanwhile, the HCV protease inhibitor telaprevir was developed by Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., along with two polymerase inhibitors.