AIDS Vaccine Week

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Resting naive CD4+ cells massively infected/eliminated by X4-tropic SHIV

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Key Club International, U.S. funders use soccer to kick HIV/AIDS out of Kenya

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Professor to lead $300 million NIH center for HIV vaccine research

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Researchers offer new approach for testing potential HIV vaccines

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Study shows barriers to HIV vaccine acceptance

HIV/AIDS Risk Behavior - No difference in risk behavior when partner is aware of HIV serostatus

HIV/AIDS Risk Factors - Adolescent groups identified as at most risk for acquiring HIV infection

HIV/AIDS Risk Perception - Prevention strategies should address risk perception associated with HAART

HIV/AIDS Stigma - Nine-item scale measures AIDS-related stigma in South Africa

HIV/AIDS Transmission -  Trichomonas vaginalis promotes sexual transmission of HIV-1

HIV/AIDS Treatment - High degree on agreement of HIV treatment recommendations derived from genotypes

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Cross-reactivity of anti-HIV immune responses of major HIV-1 clades reported

HIV/AIDS-Associated Infection - Some HIV protease inhibitors can inhibit Encephalitozoon intestinalis growth

HIV/AIDS-Related Dementia - HIV-1 gp120 and Tat induce oxidative stress in brain endothelial cells

HIV/AIDS-Related Kaposi Sarcoma - c-kit expression in KS lesions can be detected by immunohistochemistry

HIV/AIDS-Tuberculosis Coinfection - TB incidence remains high despite isoniazid prophylaxis in HIV-infected persons

Infectious Diseases - Anti-infectives-focused company provides corporate update

Influenza Vaccine - B cell responses to influenza vaccine compromised in HIV-infected individuals

Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus - Exonuclease and host shutoff functions of KSHV SOX are genetically separable

Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus - Lytic transactivator RTA induces KSHV latency-associated nuclear antigen

Microbicidal Contraceptives - Antimicrobial peptides have potential as microbicidal contraceptives

Personnel - Dr. Cy Stein joins scientific advisory board

Personnel - Dr. Joseph Eiden named vice president, clinical research and medical affairs

Philanthropy - Production company launches child survival impact campaign

Retrovirus - HAART safe/effective in HIV-infected children with advanced disease

Sexually Transmitted Disease - Asymptomatic rectal infections support routine STD screening

Sexually Transmitted Disease - Patterns in sex work, drug use, and STDS in Russia reported

Tuberculosis - Tuberculosis should not be part of the clinical case definition of AIDS in India

Vaccine Development - U of Saskatchewan offered $5.6 million for research into vaccines for newborns

Virology - HIV values remain stable in hepatitis C coinfected patients on peginterferon