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AIDS Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . August 18th, 1997

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AIDS Therapies - New Vector For Intracellular Immunization of CD4+ T Cells

AIDS Therapies - Open Label Access to Investigational Anti-HIV Compound 1529U89 Begins

AIDS Therapies - Pension Funds Push for Availability of AIDS Drug

AIDS Therapies - gp120-Expressing VSV As AIDS Gene Therapy Vector, Vaccine

AIDS Gene Therapy - Gene Shears In Cutting Edge Anti-AIDS Trial

AIDS Vaccines - Combination of Antibody Properties Predict Protection

Candida Vulvovaginitis - HIV+ Women are More Susceptible to Yeast Infection

Coinfection (HCV/HIV) - HIV Infection Independently Associated with Liver Damage

Discrimination - Judge Orders Supercuts To Provide Employee Training on Disabilities

Epidemiology - Geographers Help Track Emerging Infectious Diseases

Funding - AIDS Program Receives Support from "Until There's a Cure Day"

Gene Therapies - Treatments Expected to Hit Market in the Next Few Years

Genetics - Commercial Laboratory First To Offer HIV Genotyping Services

HIV Disease (Health) - In Thailand, Final Dying Moments of AIDS

HIV Testing - Rapid Test Scores High in Independent Study

HIV Testing (Health) - Home Access Health Urges Consumer Caution Via Internet

HIV Transmission - CDC Answers Questions About Transmission Via Kissing

Hemophilia - Bill Creates Suit-Filing Window for Patients Who Received HIV Tainted Blood

Hepatitis C - Transfusions May Have Infected Millions

Industry News - Russia Approves AmBisome and DaunoXome

Industry News (Clinical Trials) - 510k Submission Pre-Clinical Cancer Trial Announced

Industry News (Drug Development) - First IND Submitted with FDA for an Herbal Pharmaceutical

Industry News (Joint Venture) - Distribution Agreement for OraScreen in Malaysia Announced

International (Asia) - Experts Question Reliability of Laotian Government AIDS Estimates

International (Asia) - Vietnam Reports New AIDS Toll

Internet (Education) - Immunocompromised Women's Web Site Announced

Kaposi's Sarcoma - FDA Advisory Panel to Review Paxene Announced

Kaposi's Sarcoma (Treatment) - FDA Clears Taxol for AIDS Related KS

Needle Exchange Programs - Congress Asked To Lift Ban on Funding

New Hampshire, Public Health (Research) - Chlamydia, Giardia Top List of Communicable Diseases

Pathogenesis - MAC Symptoms Occur Before Bacteremia

Polio - WHO Dismisses Rumors of Contaminated Polio Vaccine

Risk Factors - Breastfeeding Still Supported Despite AIDS Pandemic

Transmission, China (Health) - Ancient Trade Route Brings Modern Virus to Remote China

Disease Associations (HIV/Cancer) - "The Ten-Year Cancer and HIV Experience of the UMDNJ-University Hospital (UH) Cancer Registry: Excess Proportions of Hodgkin's Lymphoma and Lung Cancer."

Kaposi's Sarcoma (Therapy) - "A Multicenter, Phase II/III Study of Atragen(TM) (Tretinoin Liposomal) in Patients with AIDS Associated Kaposi's Sarcoma."

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

Kaposi's Sarcoma (Therapy) - "The Frequency and Clinical Consequences of Disruptions Encountered in the Planned Chemotherapy of AIDS Related Kaposi's Sarcoma."

Mucosal Vaccines (HIV-1) - "Induction of CTL Responses in Mice by Intranasal Immunization with HIV-1 P24 gag and LTK63."

Pathogenesis (HIV/Cytokines) - "Interleukin (IL)-12 and Anti-IL-10 Stimulate Lymphocyte Proliferation to Mycobacterium avium Antigens in Patients With Asymptomatic HIV Infection, But Not in A

Prophylaxis (Encephalitis) - "Evaluation of an Antipneumocystic Prophylaxis Efficiency in Prevention of Toxoplasmic Encephalitis in Patients with AIDS."

Transmission - "Bloodborne Pathogens: Update on Post-Exposure Management and Prophylaxis."

Vaccine Development (HIV) - "Detection of Antigenic Sites Important for Binding of sIgA Antibodies Derived from Saliva of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infected Individuals."

AIDS Therapies (Clinical Trials) - "Impact of Treatment Changes on the Interpretation of the Concorde Trial."

AIDS Therapies (HIVIG) - "Pharmacokinetics of Hyperimmune Anti-Human Immunodeficiency Virus Immunoglobulin in Persons with AIDS."

AIDS Therapies (Protease Inhibitors) - "Potent HIV Protease Inhibitors Containing a Novel (Hydroxyethyl)amide Isostere."

Candida albicans - "Increased mRNA Levels of ERG16, CDR, and MDR1 Correlate with Increases in Azole Resistance in Candida albicans Isolates from a Patient Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus."

Cryptococcal Meningitis - "Treatment of Cryptococcal Meningitis Associated with the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome."

Cytomegalovirus - "Effective Treatment of Experimental Cytomegalovirus-Induced Encephalo-Meningitis in Immunocompromised Rats with HPMPC."

Cytomegalovirus Retinitis - "Biodegradable Polymeric Device for Sustained Intravitreal Release of Ganciclovir in Rabbits."

Diagnostics - "Comparison of a Tuberculin Interferon-gamma Assay with the Tuberculin Skin Test in High-Risk Adults: Effect of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection."

Disease Association - "Detection of Epstein-Barr Virus Small RNAs EBER1 and EBER2 in Lymphomas of SIV-Infected Rhesus Monkeys by in situ Hybridization."

Epstein-Barr Virus - "Molecular Profile of Epstein-Barr Virus in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1-Related Lymphadenopathies and Lymphomas."

HIV Gene Therapy - "Experimental Gene Therapy: The Transfer of Tat-Inducible Interferon Genes Protects Human Cells Against HIV-1 Challenge in vitro and in vivo in Severe Combined Immunodeficient Mice."

HIV Gene Therapy - "Gene Therapy of T Helper Cells in HIV Infection: Mathematical Model of the Criteria for Clinical Effect."

Herpes Simplex - "Safety and Efficacy of VirendR for Topical Treatment of Genital and Anal Herpes Simplex Lesions in Patients with AIDS."

Immunology - "Death of Bystander Cells by a Novel Pathway Involving Early Mitochondrial Damage in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Related Lymphadenopathy."

Immunology - "Decrease in CD4 Lymphocyte Counts with Rest; Implications for the Monitoring of HIV Infection."

Immunology - "Immunologic and Virologic Evaluation after Influenza Vaccination of HIV-1-Infected Patients."

Immunology - "Quantification of IgA and IgG and Specificities of Antibodies to Viral Proteins in Parotid Saliva at Different Stages of HIV-1 Infection."

Kaposi's sarcoma - "Expression of Interleukin-6 Receptors and NF-kappa B in AIDS-Related Kaposi sarcoma Cell Strains."

Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "In situ Polymerase Chain Reaction-Based Localization Studies Support Role of Human Herpesvirus-8 As the Cause of Two AIDS-Related Neoplasms: Kaposi's Sarcoma and Body Cavity Lymphoma. DOUBLEQU

Kidney Disease - "AIDS-Associated Membranous Nephropathy with Advanced Renal Failure: Response to Prednisone."

Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior - "Attitudes Toward Health-Care, HIV Infection, and Perinatal Transmission Interventions in a Cohort of Inner-City, Pregnant Women."

Microbicides - "Discovery of Cyanovirin-N, a Novel Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Inactivating Protein That Binds Viral Surface Envelope Glycoprotein gp120: Potential Applications to Microbicide Development."

Pathology (HIV) - "Active Replication of HIV-1 at the Lymphoepithelial Surface of the Tonsil."

TB/HIV Coinfection - "Surrogate Marker of Preclinical Tuberculosis in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: Antibodies to an 88-kDa Secreted Antigen of Mycobacterium tuberculosis."

Testing - "On-Site, Rapid HIV Testing with Same-Day Results and Counseling."

Transmission (Research) - "Assortative Sexual Mixing in a Heterosexual Clinic Population - A Limiting Factor in HIV Spread?."

Transmission (Research) - "How Many HIV Infections Cross the Bisexual Bridge? An Estimate from the United States."

Virology - "Modulation of Stress Protein (hsp27 and hsp70) Expression in CD4+ Lymphocytic Cells Following Acute Infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1."

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