Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . October 27th, 1997
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Conference Coverage (ICAAC) - Prompt Switching of RT Inhibitors Can Cut HAART Failures
Conference Coverage (ICAAC) - AIDS Pandemic "Growing Faster Than Ever Before"
Conference Coverage (ICAAC) - NCI, NIAID to Build Joint AIDS Vaccine Lab
AIDS Therapies - Combination Sustiva (Efavirenz) + AZT, or 3TC Clinical Results Reported
AIDS Therapies - Scientists Find Way To Short-Circuit Initial HIV Invasion
AIDS Therapies (141W94) - Preliminary Phase II Clinical Study Data Reported for Protease Inhibitor
AIDS Vaccine - St. Jude Vaccine Gets Permission For Human Trials
Activism - Moving African Health Issues To The Top
Adverse Effects (Stress) - HIV Positive People Have Various Ways To Cope With Stress
Antisense Technology - First Human Trials of Genetic Antisense Conducted
Blood Banking - Hospital Criticized For Mislabelling AIDS-Tainted Blood
Blood Banking (Screening) - Pooled Testing of Blood Donors Saves Lives, Saves Money
Blood Testing - National Blood Bank-Mali Orders HIV Test Kits
Disease Markers (TB) - Reduced PBMC IFN Gamma Production Indicative of Severe Disease
Epidemiology - AIDS Will Cut Malawi Life Expectancy
Epidemiology - New AIDS Cases and Deaths Drop Dramatically in San Francisco
Epidemiology - U.N. Acts on Drug-Abuse Link To AIDS in Vietnam
Epidemiology (HIV/AIDS) - HIV Could Hit 20 Million Asians by Year 2000
Funding (HIV/AIDS) - HGP-30 Vaccine Research Grant Announced
Funding (NIH) - Needle Exchange Program Efficacy Study to be Conducted in Alaska
Genital Herpes - Rates Jump In Young Whites Since 1970s
HIV Gene Therapy - HIV Infected Cells Killed By T-Cell Gene Therapy
Industry New (Joint Venture) - Agreement Signed to Form New Cell Therapies Company
Industry News (Patents and Technology) - Cancer Vaccine Technology Receives U.S. Patent
Industry News (Patents and Technology) - Second Patent for PRO 2000 Received To Prevent HIV
Prophylaxis (HIV) - Risk Study of 'Morning-After' Drugs Begins
Publications (Controversy) - AIDS Experts Quit New England Journal Over Editorial
Publications (Controversy) - Study Volunteers Support Placebo-Controlled AIDS Trials
Vaccine Development (HIV/AIDS) - Vaccine Still Years Off, Montagnier Says
Vertical Transmission (HIV/AIDS) - Oral Zidovudine Treatment Evaluated in Thailand
Vertical Transmission (HIV/AIDS) - Study Correlates Zidovudine Therapy with Demographic and Other Factors
Epidemiology (Vertical Transmission) - "Changes in the Epidemiology of HIV-1 Vertical Transmission Over Time."
Epidemiology (HIV) - "Detection of Antibody to HIV 1&2 in Rural Indian Women."
Epidemiology (STDs) - "Seroprevalence and Risk Factors in HIV Infection: Hepatitis B and Treponema Infections in Pregnant Women in Conakry (May to September 1995)."
HIV Vaccines - "An Alternative Vaccination Strategy against HIV: In Vivo Induction of Antigen-Specific IgA in the Absence of T Cells."
HIV Vaccines - "Mucosal Immunization of HIV-1 Peptides Conjugated to Cholera Toxin Leads to Specific Immune Responses in Mice."
Immunology (HIV Patients) - "HIV Replication and Immune Response in Brazilian Male Homosexuals Following Mucosal Immunization with Oral Cholera Vaccine."
Immunology (HIV-1) - "Single-Chain Antibody to p17 Expressed in T Cells Inhibits Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 Replication and Results in Defective Virions."
Vector Development - "Lentiviral Vectors for In Vivo Gene Delivery."
Blood Banking (Photodecontamination) - "Psoralen-Mediated Photodecontamination of Platelet Concentrates: Inactivation of Cell-Free and Cell-Associated Forms of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Assessment of Platelet Function in vivo. DOUBLEQUO
Blood Banking (Safety) - "Risk of Iatrogenic Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Through Transfusion of Blood Tested by Inappropriately Stored or Expired Rapid Antibody Assays in a Zambian Hospital."
Blood Banking (Storage) - "Stability of HIV-1 RNA in Blood during Specimen Handling and Storage Prior to Amplification by NASBA-QT."
Chemokines - "Coreceptor Usage of Primary Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Isolates Varies According to Biological Phenotype."
Diagnostics (HIV) - "Synthetic-Peptide-Based Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Screening Human Serum or Plasma for Antibodies to Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 and Type 2."
Diagnostics (HIV) - "Use of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Type 1 and 2 Recombinant Strip Immunoblot Assay to Resolve Enzyme Immunoassay Anti-HIV-2-Repeatably Reactive Samples after Anti-HIV-1
Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "A Broad-Spectrum Chemokine Antagonist Encoded by Kaposi's sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus."
Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "In vitro Antiviral Drug Sensitivity of the Kaposi's sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus."
Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "Monocytes in Kaposi's Sarcoma Lesions Are Productively Infected by Human Herpesvirus 8."
Opportunistic Infections - "Effect of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Epidemic on Mortality from Opportunistic Infections in the United States in 1993."
Psychosocial - "Longitudinal Development of Distress, Coping and Quality of Life in HIV-Positive Persons."
Psychosocial - "Somatic Complaints Associated with Depressive Symptoms in HIV-Positive Patients."
Sexual Behavior (Research) - "Alcohol and Risky Sexual Behavior: Event-Based Analyses among a Sample of High-Risk Women."
Sexual Behavior (Research) - "Behaviors of Heterosexual Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic Patients with Sex Partners at Increased Risk for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection."
Transmission (HIV) - "Does Umbilical Cord Blood Polymerase Chain Reaction Positivity Indicate in utero (Pre-Labor) HIV Infection?."
Vectors (HIV) - "Multiply Attenuated Lentiviral Vector Achieves Efficient Gene Delivery in vivo."
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