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AIDS Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . September 22nd, 1997

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

Related Areas: Other Issues in AIDS Weekly | Other Publications

Vector Development - Gene Delivery Effectiveness of HIV-1 Vectors Studied

AIDS Therapies - Three Drugs Better, and More Expensive, Than Two in Fighting HIV

AIDS Therapies - Triple Combo: One Year Results

Blood Banking (Storage) - Optimal Conditions Assure Detection of p24 Antigen

Blood Substitutes - Phase III Trials of PolyHeme Initiated

Candida albicans - Discovery of Genetic Pathways May Provide New Ways to Combat Fungal Infection

Coinfection (HIV/Mycobacterium xenopi) - Toad Parasite Causes Disease in HIV Patients

Coinfection (Hepatitis/HIV) - Survival Reduced in HIV Patients with HCV or HBV Infection

Conference Coverage (ISV) - International Society for Vaccines Seeks To "Jump Start Vaccine Era"

Conference Coverage (ISV) - T-Cell Vaccines Via Genetic, Enzymatic, Chemical Engineering

Contraception (Health) - FTC Won't Accept Condom's 'Stronger' Claim

Epidemiology - Surveillance System Will Track Antiretroviral Drug Resistance

Epidemiology - Twenty-One AIDS Cases Reported in Montana

Funding - Joint Concert To Benefit AIDS Charities

Government (Policy) - State Bill Requiring Semen Donors To Be HIV Tested Signed Into Law

Government (Policy) - Texas Supreme Court To Consider AIDS Confidentiality Case

Government (Policy) - Wisconsin Bill Stalled To Require HIV Test

HIV Testing - Journal Urges Mandatory Reporting of HIV Infections

Immunology - Researchers Say HIV Needs Helpers To Invade the Body

International (Africa) - SADC Plans To Launch Anti-Drug Strategy Early '98

International (Asia) - Burma Charged with Intentional HIV Spread

Legal Issues - Trial Set for Centers Accused of Refusing HIV Positive Child

Leprosy - FDA Panel Recommends Licensing Thalidomide

Needle Exchange Programs - Comprehensive Approach Found To Be Best Way To Prevent HIV Among Drug Users

Public Health - Vital Statistics Report Shows Significant Gains In Health

Quality of Life - Breaking New Ground in California for People Living with HIV/AIDS

Transmission (HIV) - Design Should Help Reduce Virus Transmission

Vertical Transmission - AZT Deal for African HIV+ Pregnant Women Awaits Study Results

Drug Development (Antiviral) - "Evaluation of Antihepatitis B Activity of Panamanian Plants."

At-Risk Populations (Viral Infections) - "Hepatitis and Retroviral Infections in Repatriated Greek Children."

Drug Development (Antiviral) - "(+)-Calanolide A: A Promising Anti-HIV Against Isolated from the Malaysian Rainforest Tree, Calophyllum lanigerum."

Drug Development (Antiviral) - "Derivatives of Triterpenoids with an Olean- or URS-Skeleton as Anti-HIV Agents."

Epidemiology (Hepatitis) - "The Epidemiological and Clinical Features of Viral Hepatitis in Prisoners of Russian Federation (Preliminary Results)."

Epidemiology (Hepatitis) - "The Serological Status of Solomon Island Blood Donors in 1995."

Epidemiology (MAC) - "Molecular Epidemiology of Danish MAC Strains."

Nosocomial Infection (TB) - "Long-Term Follow-Up of a Nosocomial Outbreak of Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDRTB) Due to M. bovis."

Nosocomial Infection (TB) - "Risk Factors for Development of Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDRTB) in a Nosocomial Outbreak Due to M. bovis."

AIDS Therapies (Protease Inhibitors) - "Inhibition of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infectivity by Secretory Leukocyte Protease Inhibitor Occurs Prior to Viral Reverse Transcription."

Candida Vulvovaginitis - "Immune Compromise and Prevalence of Candida Vulvovaginitis in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Women."

Cryptococcus neoformans - "Regulatory Role of Exogenous IL-10 in the Development of Immune Response Versus Cryptococcus neoformans."

Dementia - "The HIV-1 Associated Dementia Complex: A Metabolic Encephalopathy Fueled by Viral Replication in Mononuclear Phagocytes."

Disease Progression (HIV) - "Even Individuals Considered as Long-Term Nonprogressors Show Biological Signs of Progression after 10 Years of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection."

Education and Prevention (Research) - "High HIV Prevalence, Low Condom Use and Gender Differences in Sexual Behaviour among Patients with STD-Related Complaints at a Nairobi Primary Health Care Clinic."

Education and Prevention (Research) - "STD/HIV/AIDS Knowledge, Beliefs and Practices of Traditional Healers in Botswana."

Education and Prevention (Research) - "Widely Varying HIV Prevalence and Risk Behaviours among the Ethnic Minority Peoples of Northern Thailand."

Immunology - "Interleukin-15 Triggers Activation and Growth of the CD8 T-Cell Pool in Extravascular Tissues of Patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome."

Immunology - "Mannan-Binding Lectin in the Sub-Saharan HIV and Tuberculosis Epidemics."

Immunology - "The Acquisition of Host-Derived Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Glycoproteins by Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Accelerates the Process of Virus Entry and Infection in Human T-Lymphoid Cells."

Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "A Kaposi's sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus-Encoded Cytokine Homolog (vIL-6) Activates Signaling Through the Shared gp130 Receptor Subunit."

Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "Epstein-Barr Virus Latent Gene Expression in Primary Effusion Lymphomas Containing Kaposi's sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus/Human Herpesvirus-8."

Kaposi's sarcoma (Pathogenesis) - "Expression and Mutation of the Tumor Suppressor Gene p53 in AIDS-Associated Kaposi's sarcoma."

Needle Exchange Programs - "Needle Exchange Programs: An Economic Evaluation of a Local Experience."

Primary Care - "Culturally Specific Health Care Model for Ensuring Health Care Use by Rural, Ethnically Diverse Families Affected by HIV/AIDS."

Primary Care - "Hospital Care for Persons with AIDS in the European Union."

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