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AIDS Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . May 19th, 1997

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

Related Areas: Other Issues in AIDS Weekly | Other Publications

Conference Coverage (Blood Safety) - Pc4 Selectively Inactivates Viruses

Conference Coverage (NCVDG) - Baltimore Committee: Fill Gaps in HIV Vaccine Research

Conference Coverage (NCVDG) - HIV's Hidden Epitopes Now a Tempting Vaccine Target

Conference Coverage (NCVDG) - Live SIV Vaccine Protects Against Heterologous Challenge

Conference Coverage (NCVDG) - NIAID Chief Predicts Success for HIV Vaccine Quest

Conference Coverage (NCVDG) - Support Grows for Human Test of Live HIV Vaccine

AIDS Therapies - Drugs Nearly Wipe Out HIV in Tonsils; How Quickly is Debatable

AIDS Therapies - Monoclonal Antibody Blocks HIV Infection In Lab Tests

AIDS Therapies (Alferon N Injection) - Phase III Trial Target Enrollment in HIV+ Patients Completed

AIDS Therapies (PMPA) - Human Testing of Oral PMPA for Treatment of HIV Begins

AIDS Therapies (Rescriptor + AZT) - Drug Trough Concentration Higher in Women with HIV

AIDS Therapies (Viracept) - Drug Availability Expanded in Canada

At-Risk Populations - Experts Gather To Explore Why American Women Are Fastest Growing Group With HIV

Bone Marrow Transplant - Researchers Find Fetal Marrow Highly Effective In Transplants

Contraceptives - Data Complement Anti-STD Activity of PRO 2000 Gel

Drug Development - Anvirzel Developed As Weapon Against Cancer and AIDS

Education and Prevention - Private Funders Often Overlook Prevention Programs

Funding - Grand Jury Indicts Eight on Charges of Misusing AIDS Funds

Funding - Grant Received To Support Women's AIDS Trial Recruitment Program

Funding - Unsanctioned AIDS Charity May Be Diverting Funds From Those In Need

Gay/Lesbian Issues - N. Dakota Votes To Confine Those With HIV; Hate Crimes

Genetics - Gene Modifying Oligonucleotide Technology Applied Successfully to Living Cells.

Genetics - Knocking Out Gene Produces Mighty Mice

Genetics - Link Found To Gene Detection Microbes and Toxic Chemicals

Genetics (QS-21 Adjuvant) - QS-21 Enhances Immune Response of DNA Vaccines

HIV (Testing) - Rapid HIV Test Authorized for Sale in India

HIV Transmission - Women Using Condoms to Prevent STDs Continue Hormonal Contraception

HIV Vaccines - HGP-30 Shows Recognition of Major Subtypes in Human and Animal Studies

Herpes Simplex Virus (Treatment) - Insufficient Forvade Marketing Data Announced

Industry News (Settlement) - Bayer To Pay Millions To U.S. AIDS Survivors

International (Africa) - First African Health Sciences Conference For South Africa

Pathogenesis (Mycobacterium avium) - Receptor-Independent Pathway Involved in M. avium Growth

Pediatrics (Viramune) - Combination Therapy Found Safe/Effective in HIV-1 Infants and Children

Vaccine Development - Researchers Say Bird Virus-Based Vaccine Shows Promise Against HIV

Vertical Transmission - Health Officials Campaign To Help Pregnant HIV Infected Women

Virology - Silent Reservoir Of Cells Source of Latent HIV Infection

DNA Vaccines - "DNA Vaccination: A Novel Genetic Approach to Inducing Immunity Against Disease."

Epidemiology (HIV-1) - "Genetic Diversity of HIV-1 in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire."

HIV Gene Therapy - "Development of Novel anti-CCR5 Hairpin Ribozyme: Treatment for HIV Infections."

HIV Gene Therapy - "Present and Future Prospects of Gene Therapy for HIV."

HIV Vaccines - "A Synthetic Peptide Immunogen which Mimics SIV Envelope Heterogeneity."

HIV Vaccines - "Characterization of Soluble Suppressor Activity Produced by CD8+ T Lymphocytes from Macaques Immunized with Attenuated SIV Strains."

HIV Vaccines - "Evolution of Envelope-Specific Antibody Responses to Experimental Infection or Immunization with SIV and Correlations with the Development of Protective Immunity."

Pathogenesis (HIV-1) - "HIV-1 Disruption of Hematopoiesis."

Vectors (HIV-1) - "High-Titer Pseudotyped HIV-1 Vectors."

Vectors (HIV-1) - "Intrabody-Mediated Knockout of the High-Affinity IL-2 Receptor in Primary Human T Cells using a Bicistronic HIV-1 Based Vector."

AIDS Therapies (Immunology) - "Potent Inhibition of HIV-1 Infectivity in Macrophages and Lymphocytes by a Novel CCR5 Antagonist."

Cryptococcosis - "Incidence and Factors Associated with Extrapulmonary Cryptococcosis among Persons with HIV Infection in Los Angeles County."

Cryptococcus neoformans - "Cytologic Diagnosis of Cryptococcus neoformans in HIV-Positive Patients."

Epidemiology (HIV) - "Reconstruction and Prediction of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic among Adults in the European Union and in the Low Prevalence Countries of Central and Eastern Europe."

HIV Gene Therapy - "Inhibition of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1) Replication after Transduction of Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor-Mobilized CD34+ Cells fro

HIV Gene Therapy - "Studies on the Effect of the Combined Expression of anti-tat and anti-rev Genes on HIV-1 Replication."

HIV Vaccines - "Vaccine-Specific Antibody Responses Induced by HIV-1 Envelope Subunit Vaccines."

HIV/HBV Coinfection - "Interactions Between HIV and Hepatitis B Virus in Homosexual Men: Effects on the Natural History of Infection."

Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "Human Herpesvirus Type 8 DNA Sequences in Biological Samples of HIV-Positive and Negative Individuals in Sicily."

Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "Infection with AIDS-Related Herpesviruses in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Negative Infants and Endemic Childhood Kaposi's sarcoma in Africa."

Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "Visualization of Human Herpesvirus Type 8 in Kaposi's sarcoma by Light and Transmission Electron Microscopy."

Obstetrics - "Fertility and Reproductive Choice in Women with HIV-1 Infection."

Pathogenesis - "Comparison of Progression and Non-Progression in Injecting Drug Users and Homosexual Men with Documented Dates of HIV-1 Seroconversion."

Sexual Health - "Consistency of Condom Use among Users of Injectable Contraceptives."

Sexual Health - "Effect of Changing Partnership Formation Rates on the Spread of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Human Immunodeficiency Virus."

Sexual Health - "Factors Influencing Condom use Among Heterosexual Users of Injection Drugs and Crack Cocaine."

TB/HIV Coinfection - "Tuberculin Skin Test and CD4+/CD8+ T Cell Counts in Adults Infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Medellin, Colombia."

Transfusion (Overview) - "Tools for Improving Quality in the Transfusion Service."

Transmission (HIV) - "Late Postnatal Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV-1 in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire."

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