AIDS Weekly

Conference Coverage (NCVDG) - Bird Poxvirus Leads Field in HIV Vaccine Development

Conference Coverage (NCVDG) - Industry Backs Vaccine Plan, Biocine President Says

Conference Coverage (NCVDG) - Researchers Bullish as NIAID Reveals AIDS Vaccine Strategy

Conference Coverage (NCVDG) - Vice President Gore to Lead AIDS Vaccine Effort

AIDS Therapies - Progress Hailed, Prices Lamented

AIDS Therapies - Viral Load an Indicator of Effectiveness

At-Risk Populations (HIV) - AIDS Increasing Among African-Americans

Blood Banking (Asia) - Japan Minister Pledges To Resolve HIV Issue

Blood Banking (Diagnostics) - Company Reports on HIV-1 p24 Antigen Assay

Drug Resistance - Highly Resistant Strain of Tuberculosis Spreads

Government (Policy) - U.S. Legislators Seek Repeal of Military HIV Ban

HIV Vaccines (Clinical Trials) - Synthetic Prototype HIV-1_MN V3 Peptide Vaccine Successful

Industry News (Patents and Technology) - Patents Received for Therapeutics To Treat AIDS/Cancer

Infection Control - Pediatric Tuberculosis Recommendation Updated

International (Africa) - U.N. Warning Over HIV in Southern African Armies

International (Central America) - U.S. Experts Warn of Honduras AIDS Risk to Women

International (Europe) - Bishop Plays Down Report on Condoms/AIDS in France

International (Middle East) - 169 People with AIDS in Yemen

Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior - Poll Shows AIDS Fears Drop in U.S.

Opportunistic Infections (CMV) - Data Confirms Benefit of Prophylaxis

Opportunistic Infections (Enterocytozoon bieneusi) - CDC Researchers Develop Primers for Diagnosis

Opportunistic Infections (Kaposi sarcoma) - Doxil Recommendation To Treat Cancer in Europe Announced

Opportunistic Infections (Therapy) - Approval Received for Amphocil in Czech Republic

Opportunistic Infections (Therapy) - Company Commences Human Clinical Testing of GS 930

Pediatrics (Diagnostics) - Genetic Test Improves Ability To Diagnose HIV in Newborns

Diagnostics (HIV) - "Characterization of Laboratory Practice in CD4⁺ T-Cell Testing Laboratories by On-site Observation."

Diagnostics (HIV) - "Intra-Shipment Reproducibility of HIV-1 Western Blot Results Reported in Ten Shipment Periods by Laboratories Participating in the CDC MPEP."

Diagnostics (HIV) - "Performance of a Rapid HIV Antibody Assay in a Hospital with High HIV Prevalence."

Diagnostics (HIV) - "Use of Dried Blood Spots to Monitor HIV-1 Genetic Variation in Asia."

Disease Associations - "Current Causes of Community-Acquired Septicemia in Tanzania: Role of HIV-1 and Tuberculosis."

Disease Associations - "Immune Status, STDs and Cervical Dysplasia on Pap Smear in HIV⁺ Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Women in the Women and Infants Transmission Study (WITS)."