AIDS Weekly

Conference Coverage (IBC Protease Inhibitors) - HIV RNA Undetectable in >90% of Indinavir/AZT/3TC Recipients

Vaccine Safety - Flu Vaccine Increases Number of HIV-Infected Cells

AIDS Therapies (Delavirdine) - Drug Expanded Access Begins for People with HIV/AIDS

AIDS Therapies (Stavudine/Didanosine) - Combination Therapy Well Tolerated in Children with HIV

At-Risk Populations - High Risk of HIV Transmission in Mentally Ill, Homeless Drug Users Persists

Cachexia (Treatment) - Testosterone Dip May Predict Weight Loss in HIV

Emerging Infectious Diseases - Conference Session Highlights Worldwide Threat

Government (Policy) - Mandatory Names Reporting Bill Ab 2812 Defeat Announced

HIV Gene Therapy - HIV-2 Mediated Inhibition of HIV-1: Potential Gene Therapy Approach

HIV Testing - PERT Assay: A More Accurate Screen for Plasma RNA HIV-1

HIV Testing - Test Phase Entered To Identify Survivors in HIV Population

Herpes Zoster - Drug Rejected By FDA Advisory Committee

Industry News (Funding) - NIH Phase II Grant Received for HIV Therapeutics Development

Industry News (Joint Venture) - Agreement Signed To Develop and Commercialize HIV/AIDS Therapeutic

Infection Control -  M. bovis-Related TB Rising with HIV Infection

International (Asia) - Cambodia Seeks Help for AIDS Patients

International (Asia) - Patients in India Ashamed To Tell Doctors They Have AIDS

International (Europe) - AIDS Primary Killer of Young, and Middle Aged Copenhagen Men

International (Europe) - Europe Urged To Curb Sexual Exploitation of Women

International (Europe) - United Nations AIDS Team Stays in Geneva

International (South Africa) - Brazil To Give Teens Junior-Sized Condoms

Mucosal Immunity - Intranasal Toxoplasma Subunit Vaccine Protects Against Brain Cysts

Occupational Exposure - New CDC Guidelines Established for HIV Exposure

Opportunistic Infections - Fluconazole Urged for Esophageal Symptoms in HIV Patients

Psychosocial - Closeted HIV⁺ Gay Men Become Sick Faster than Openly HIV⁺ Gay Men

Survival/Mortality - Young Age at HIV Seroconversion Equates with Longer Survival

Therapies (Alternative) - Transforming HIV with Thought Power

Transmission (HIV) - Oral Sex Added to Risk Behaviors for HIV

Diagnostics (Mycobacteria) - "A Simple Clinical Model to Differentiate Patients With HIV Infection and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) from M. avium (MAI)."

Epidemiology (Kaposi's Sarcoma) - "Fulminant Epidemic Kaposi's Sarcoma (EKS): Hallmark of AIDS in Zimbabwe."

Occupational Risk - "A Ten Year Study of Needlestick Injuries in a Community Teaching Hospital."