AIDS Weekly

Commentary - Protease Inhibitors: The Good and the Bad

Conference Coverage (Vancouver) - First Humans Receive Naked HIV DNA Vaccine

Conference Coverage (Vancouver) - Immune Reconstitution Slow in Patients Taking Anti-HIV Drugs

Conference Coverage (Vancouver) - Immunoregulation Key to HIV Vaccine, OAR Director Says

Conference Coverage (Vancouver) - Outpatient IL-2 Restores Normal CD4 Counts in HIV⁺ Patients

Immunology - One Percent of Caucasians Immune to HIV

AIDS Therapies (Viramune) - Drug Now Commercially Available To Treat HIV

At-Risk Populations (IVDUs) - Pharmacies Have Role To Play in HIV Prevention

Diagnostics (HIV) - p24 Antigen Assay: Predicts Transmission and Provides Early Diagnosis

Epidemiology - High Risk of HIV Infection Among Homeless in Denver

Epidemiology - Some Patients with Unrecognized HIV Report No Identifiable Risk Factors

Funding - Washington State HIV/AIDS Prescription Drug Program Struggling

HIV Gene Therapy - Ribozyme-Based Gene Therapy Reaches Clinical Trial Stage

HIV Gene Therapy - Vector Design Affects Protection Conferred by Antisense RNA Therapy

HIV Vaccines - Genetic Manipulation Produces Gain-of-Function Live-Attenuated Vaccine

HIV Vaccines - Response Issued to "AIDS Vaccine Story"

Industry News (Patents and Technologies) - Notice of Allowance Received for VX-478 To Treat HIV/AIDS

International (Africa) - HIV-1 Epidemic and Public Health Threat in Central African Republic

International (Asia) - China Venereal Disease Rates Rising 18 Percent Annually

International (Asia) - Japanese AIDS Study Group Leader Files Lawsuit

International (Europe) - HIV-1 Prevalence Still Low in Slovakia

Mycobacterium avium Complex (Prophylaxis) - Clarithromycin Effective in Reducing the Incidence of MAC

Mycobacterium avium Complex (Prophylaxis) - Once-Weekly Azithromycin More Effective Than Daily Rifabutin

Mycobacterium avium Complex (Therapy) - MAC in HIV Positive Patients: Three-Drug Regimen Superior

Needle Exchange Programs - Higher Transmission Rate Among IV Drug Users May Be Linked to State Laws

Pathogenesis (HIV) - Scientists Report on Single Binding Site for the CD4 Receptor

Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia - Incidence of AIDS Related PCP Down Significantly

Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia - Patient and Hospital Characteristics Predict PCP Survival

Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia - Reinfection Not Reactivation: Likely Cause of Recurrent PCP

Testing (HIV) - FDA Approves Urine Test for HIV

Virology (Viral Load) - HIV in Cervicovaginal Secretions: No Correlation with Plasma HIV

Blood Safety - "Evaluation of the Viral Safety of Replacement Factor Concentrates: Limits to Interpretation of Results from Small Samples of Previously Untreated Patients (PUPs)."

Diagnostics (CMV) - "Detection of Cytomegalovirus Infection by the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) in Hemophiliacs Patients."