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AIDS Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . March 17th, 1997

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

Related Areas: Other Issues in AIDS Weekly | Other Publications

Conference Coverage (Retrovirus) - "Unprecedented" HIV Levels Seen in OI Tissues

Conference Coverage (Retrovirus) - HIV Level Correlated with Increased Energy Expenditure

Conference Coverage (Retrovirus) - Minor Maladies Increase HIV Viremia, Immune Activation

Conference Coverage (Retrovirus) - Topical Vaginal Microbicide Blocks HIV and Genital Herpes

AIDS Therapies - Cellular Therapy Program Expansion in HIV/AIDS Study Announced

AIDS Therapies - Readers Receive Update on Therapeutics Market Developments

AIDS Therapies (Clinical Trials) - WF-10 Phase IIb Trial Initiated To Treat AIDS

AIDS Therapies (Diagnostics) - Monitoring Test for Mutant Strains Completed

At-Risk Populations - HIV Risk High, Infection Rate Low in Marginalized Populations

Blood Banking (HIV Testing) - p24 Antigen or RNA PCR Testing Adds Little to Blood Safety

Blood Banking (Safety) - Hold on Clotting Factor Lifted After No HIV Found

Cancer Gene Therapy - HIV-1 Vpr Tumor Suppressive Effects Reported

Candidiasis - FDA Clears Sporanox for Oral and Esophageal Infections

Conference Coverage (Retrovirus) - Could Vaccination Protect Brain Against HIV?

Diagnostics (HIV) - Control Peptide Is Essential for Accurate Results

Drug Development - Cholesterol, AIDS, and Antibiotic Drugs Make News in 1996

Epidemiology - Deaths from AIDS Show First Significant Drop Nationwide

Euthanasia - Republicans Seek To Ban Assisted Suicide in Alabama

Genetics - Monkey Cloning Procedure Aids Research and Fuels Controversy

HIV Gene Therapy - Clinical HIV Gene Therapy Trial Initiated: In Vitro Data Encouraging

HIV Testing - Committee Approves Proposal Allowing Sale of Test Kits in Iowa

HIV Testing - Letter of Intent Signed To Sell Blood and Saliva Tests

HIV-Based Vectors - Pseudotyped, Defective, High-Titer HIV-1 Particles Show Potential

International (Europe) - AIDS Deaths Down in France 25 Percent in 1996

International (Europe) - Caelyx Launch Announced in United Kingdom and Germany To Treat Tumors

Needle Exchange Programs - Lack of Programs May Have Permitted Preventable HIV Infections

Pathogenesis - Correcting Levels of Key Peptide May Help Fight HIV

Pathogenesis - HIV Progression Discovered by Mapping Distribution of Chemokine Receptors

Pediatrics - Award Presented for Critical Study in HIV/AIDS

Prisons - Testing All Inmates for HIV Might Save Money

Prophylaxis (HIV) - San Francisco Hospital Wants To Test "Morning After" Treatment

Survival/Mortality - AIDS Treatment Offers Mixed Blessing

Dengue (Puerto Rico) - "The Economic Impact of Dengue in Puerto Rico: 1984-1994."

Diagnostics (HIV-1) - "Comparison of Branched DNA and RT-PCR Assays for Reproducible Quantification of the Same Sample and Quantification of Different HIV-1 Subtypes."

Disease Associations - "Risk of Cancer in People with AIDS."

Disease Associations - "Upregulation of HIV in Tissues Infected with Opportunistic Pathogens."

Genetic Analysis (HIV-1) - "Positive and Negative Sense Transcription from the HIV-1 LTR."

HIV Gene Therapy - "Gene Therapy in HIV."

Kaposi's sarcoma (Chemotherapy) - "DOX-SL (Stealth Liposomal Doxorubicin HCL) Maintenance Therapy After Response in AIDS-Related Kaposi's Sarcoma."

Kaposi's sarcoma (Chemotherapy) - "The Use of Intralesional Vinblastine in the Treatment of Oral Kaposi's Sarcoma."

Kaposi's sarcoma (Epidemiology) - "Declining Incidence of Kaposi's Sarcoma in Australia: the Australian AIDS Cohort."

Kaposi's sarcoma (Risk Factors) - "Recent Developments in Defining the Cause of Kaposi's Sarcoma."

Long-Term Non-Progressors (HIV-1) - "Update on the Sydney Blood Bank Cohort (SBBC): Long-Term Non-Progressor (LTNP) HIV-1, Blood Transfusion Recipients with a Common Donor, 11DAS

Opportunistic Infections (AIDS) - "The Changing Spectrum of Pulmonary Disorders in AIDS Patients: A Post Mortem Study."

Protease Inhibitors (Antivirial) - "Nonclinical Pharmacokinetics of an HIV Protease Inhibitor."

AIDS Therapies (Neurotoxicity) - "Acetyl-Carnitine Deficiency in AIDS Patients with Neurotoxicity on Treatment with Antiretroviral Nucleoside Analogues."

AIDS Therapies (Syngeneic Lymphocyte Infusions) - "Development of Antibodies to Fetal Calf Serum with Arthus-Like Reactions in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients Given Syngeneic Lymphocyte Infusions."

Blood Banking (Testing) - "Cost-Effectiveness of Expanded Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Testing Protocols for Donated Blood."

Diagnostics (HIV) - "Detection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 and Type 2 Antibodies by a New Automated Microparticle Immunoassay AxSYM HIV-1/HIV-2."

HIV Testing - "Evaluation of Two Novel Immunoassays Designed to Detect HIV Antibodies in Oral Fluids."

HIV Vaccines - "Prevention of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus, SIVsm, or HIV-2 Infection in Cynomolgus Monkeys by Pre- and Postexposure Administration of BEA-005."

HIV Vaccines - "Proteosomes, Emulsomes, and Cholera Toxin B Improve Nasal immunogenicity of Human Immunodeficiency Virus gp160 in Mice: Induction of Serum, Intestinal, Vaginal, and Lung IgA and Ig

Immunology (Mucosal Response) - "Mucosal Immune Responses in Four Distinct Compartments of Women Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1: A Comparison by Site and Correlation with Clinical Information."

Kaposi's sarcoma - "Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Vascular Permeability Factor Is an Autocrine Growth Factor for AIDS-Kaposi sarcoma."

Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "Detection of Human Herpesvirus 8 DNA in Semen from HIV-Infected Individuals but Not Healthy Semen Donors."

Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "Development of a Quantitative Competitive Polymerase Chain Reaction for Human Herpesvirus 8."

Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "The Prevalence of Serum Antibody to Human Herpesvirus 8 (Kaposi sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus) among HIV-Seropositive and High-Risk HIV-Seronegative Women."

Kaposi's sarcoma (Therapy) - "Efficacy of Pegylated-Liposomal Doxorubicin in the Treatment of AIDS-Related Kaposi's sarcoma after Failure of Standard Chemotherapy."

Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior - "Sex, Drugs and HIV Counseling and Testing: A Prospective Study of Behavior-Change among Methadone-Maintenance Clients in New England."

Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior (HIV) - "AIDS-Related Knowledge and Beliefs among Incarcerated Adolescent Males."

Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior (HIV) - "Intended Sex with Fewer Partners: An Empirical Test of the AIDS Risk Reduction Model among Injection Drug Users."

Physician-Assisted Suicide - "Physician-Assisted Suicide and Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease."

Psychosocial - "Shattered Assumptions: Time and the Experience of Long-Term HIV Positivity."

Psychosocial - "Stability of Mood Despite HIV Illness Progression in a Group of Homosexual Men."

Sexual Behavior - "Sexual Behaviour Patterns and Other Risk Factors for HIV Infection in Rural Tanzania: A Case-Control Study."

Sexual Behavior - "Sexual Negotiation in the AIDS Era: Negotiated Safety Revisited."

Survival/Mortality (HIV) - "Impact of HIV/AIDS on Life Expectancy in the United States."

TB/HIV Coinfection - "Clinical Presentation of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Associated with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome in Metropolitan Tokyo."

Toxoplasmic Encephalitis - "A Prospective Study of Criteria for the Diagnosis of Toxoplasmic Encephalitis in 186 AIDS Patients."

Transmission (HIV) - "HIV Transmission by Transplantation of Allograft Skin: A Review of the Literature."

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