Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . March 3rd, 1997
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Conference Coverage (Retrovirus) - CD4 Count Still Best Marker of Immune Function
Conference Coverage (Retrovirus) - Can HIV-Damaged Immune Systems Be Restored?
Conference Coverage (Retrovirus) - Hope Dims for Therapeutic Use of Env-Based HIV Vaccines
Conference Coverage (Retrovirus) - MAC Vaccine Enters Trials in HIV+ Adults, Children
Conference Coverage (Retrovirus) - New Approach Pits HIV Against Itself
Conference Coverage (Retrovirus) - PI-Resistant HIV Develops New Tricks
Conference Coverage (Retrovirus) - Th2 Cytokines Linked to Poor Anti-HIV CTL Response in Children
AIDS Dementia - New Clues To Cause of Dementia in AIDS Patients
AIDS Therapies - Fewer People Dying of AIDS in Florida
AIDS Therapies (Protease Inhibitors) - 141W94/VX-478 Phase III Pivotal Trial Begins To Treat HIV/AIDS
AIDS Therapies (Viracept) - European New Drug Application Filed for Anti-HIV Drug
At-Risk Populations - IV Drug Use Spreads to Rural Areas
At-Risk Populations - Sexual Risk Behaviors of Canadians
Conference Coverage (Retrovirus) - TB Vaccination or Infection Down-Regulates Specific Subset of T Cells
Education and Prevention - Committee Endorses Ban on Condoms for HIV Prevention
Education and Prevention - Needle Exchanges, Sex Education Work as Weapon Against AIDS
Epidemiology - New AIDS Cases Down in Colorado
Funding - AIDS Funding in Missouri Again Causes Trouble
Funding - Vermont Helping AIDS Patients Pay for Drugs
Gender Issues - HIV and AIDS Among Women in Canada
HIV Testing (OraSure) - Oral Test Adopted as Primary Tool for Testing
Industry News (Joint Venture) - Research Agreement Entered To Discover Antifungal Drugs
Insurance - Montana Senate Says State Should Regulate Some Settlements
International (Africa) - Morocco Cuts Sentence on Pharmacist Over Blood Case
International (Europe) - New German AIDS Cases Fall, But Female Cases on Rise
Legal Issues - AIDS Lawsuit Against Company Transferred to Federal Court
Legal Issues - Man Charged in Leak of Secret AIDS List
Needle Exchange Programs - Programs Headed for Legislative Showdown
Needle Exchange Programs - Programs Supported To Slow Spread of HIV
Needle Exchange Programs - U.S. Says Program May Help Combat AIDS
Porphyria cutanea tarda - Urinary Corproporphyrin Levels Increased in HCV+
Prognostic Indicators (TB) - Immune Activation in HIV+ TB Predicts Shorter Survival
Religion - Episcopalians Omit Sexuality In Formal Position On Marriage
Cost Analysis (Antiviral Therapy) - "Modelling the Cost-Effectiveness of Epivir (3TC)/Retrovir (Zidovudine) Combination Therapy in HIV Infection."
Diagnostics (Antiviral Efficacy) - "CD4 Counts Retain Their Prognostic Value Over Plasma Viral Load In Individuals On Combination Therapy With CD4 Counts 50 to 350 mm3."
Diagnostics (HCV) - "Positive and Negative Strand HCV-RNA Quantitation in Serum and Liver Biopsy by Competitive PCR."
Disease Associations (HIV/HCV) - "Effect of HIV on Response to Interferon Therapy in Chronic Hepatitis C: A Multivariate Analysis."
Drug Comparisons (Antivirals) - "Comparison of Ritonavir and Indinavir in HIV Patients with Advanced Disease: A Belgian Outcome Trial."
Drug Resistance (Protease Inhibitors) - "HIV-1 Variants Isolated from Patients Treated With the Protease Inhibitor, Nelfinavir, are not Cross-Resistant to Other Protease Inhibitors."
Kaposi's sarcoma (Chemotherapy) - "A Phase II Trial of 13 Cis Retinoic Acid for Poor Risk AIDS Associated Kaposi's Sarcoma."
AIDS-Related Lymphoma - "3'-azido 3'-deoxythymidine Plus Methotrexate as a Novel Antineoplastic Combination in the Treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Related Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas. DOUB
Diagnostics - "Optimisation of a Peptide-Based Indirect ELISA for the Detection of Antibody in the Serum of HIV-1 Seropositive Patients."
Disease Association - "Role of Viral Infections in the Induction of Adverse Drug Reactions."
Education and Prevention - "AIDS Education for Youth Through Active Learning: A School-Based Approach from Malawi."
Education and Prevention (HIV) - "Differences Between Gay Men in Primary Relationships and Single Men: Implications for Prevention."
Education and Prevention (HIV) - "Effects of an Institutional AIDS Prevention Intervention: Moderation by Gender."
Education and Prevention (HIV) - "Multiple Sexual Partners and Condom Use among Long-Distance Truck Drivers in Thailand."
Education and Prevention (HIV) - "The Cost-Effectiveness of HIV Prevention Targeting: How Much More Bang for the Buck?."
Encephalitozoon cuniculi - "Encephalitozoon cuniculi Microsporidiosis: Infection of the Brain, Heart, Kidneys, Trachea, Adrenal Glands, and Urinary Bladder in a Patient with AIDS. DOUB
HIV Gene Therapy - "In vitro Separation and Expansion of CD4 Lymphocytes from HIV-Infected Individuals Without Activation of HIV Infection."
HIV Vaccines - "Antagonism of Vaccine-Induced HIV-1-Specific CD4+ T Cells by Primary HIV-1 Infection: Potential Mechanism of Vaccine Failure."
HIV Vaccines - "In vivo Engineering of a Cellular Immune Response by Coadministration of IL-12 Expression Vector with a DNA Immunogen."
Immunogenetics - "IMGT, the International ImMunoGeneTics Database."
Immunology - "Susceptibility to HIV Infection and Progression of AIDS in Relation to Variant Alleles of Mannose-Binding Lectin."
Intensive Care - "Intensive Care of Patients with HIV Infection: Utilization, Critical Illnesses and Outcomes."
Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "Detection of Human Herpesvirus 8 and Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Sequences in Kaposi sarcoma."
Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "Kaposi's sarcoma: Is the Hunt for the Culprit Over Now?."
Opportunistic Infections (HIV) - "Drug Treatment of HIV-Related Opportunistic Infections."
Pneumocystis carinii - "Predictors of Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia in HIV-Infected Persons."
Psychosocial - "AIDS-Related Stigmatization: Instrumental and Symbolic Attitudes."
Radiography - "Interpretation of Chest Radiographs in AIDS Patients: Usefulness of CD4 Lymphocyte Counts."
TB/HIV Coinfection - "Incidence of Tuberculosis in the United States among HIV-Infected Persons."
TB/HIV Coinfection - "Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains Isolated from Patients in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Cohort in Switzerland."
TB/HIV Coinfection - "Relapse of Tuberculosis after Treatment in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients."
TB/HIV Coinfection - "Surgery for Tuberculosis before and after Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: A Tropical Perspective."
TB/HIV Coinfection - "Testing for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection among Tuberculosis Patients in Los Angeles."
TB/HIV Coinfection - "Two-Step Tuberculin Skin Testing in HIV-Infected Persons in Uganda."
Virology (HIV) - "Identification of HIV-1 Determinants for Replication in vivo."
Virology (HIV) - "Inhibition of HIV-1 Transcription and Virus Replication using Soluble Tat Peptide Analogs."
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