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AIDS Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . December 22nd, 1997

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

Related Areas: Other Issues in AIDS Weekly | Other Publications

Pathogenesis - HIV Replication Continues Even During Successful HAART

AIDS Therapies (Preveon) - Start of Expanded Access Program Announced

AIDS Therapies (Remune) - Data Safety Monitoring Board on Phase III Trial Announced

AIDS Vaccines - Lawsuit Fears, Cash Crunch Hit AIDS Vaccine Hunt

AIDS Vaccines (Conference News) - Human Vaccine Not Likely Before 2004

Blood Banking (HIV) - Prevalence in Blood Donations in Europe Reported

Coinfection (HIV/HCV) - HCV Transmission Five-Times Higher in Babies of HIV+ Moms

Dengue Fever - Caracas Still Fighting Dengue Epidemic

Diarrhea (Clinical Trials) - AIDS-Related Diarrhea Treatment Data Reported

Economic Issues - AIDS Must Not Soak Up All African Health Funds

Education - Survey: Americans Are Well-Informed About AIDS

Epidemiology - HIV-1 Increasing, HIV-2 Stable in Ivory Coast

Epidemiology - Is the HIV We Know Becoming Irrelevant?

Epidemiology - Sexually Transmitted Infections: The Iceberg Under South Africa's AIDS Epidemic

Funding - France Calls for AIDS Therapy Fund

Government - Advisory Panel Faults Clinton's AIDS Leadership

HIV Gene Therapy - Recombinant Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Targets and Destroys HIV

HIV Transmission (Research) - USC Professor Gets $1.2 Million Grant

HIV Transmission, Education (Policy) - 'Safe Sex' Message Not Being Heard in Gay Community

HIV Transmission, Education (Policy) - Teens Take AIDS Fight to Class

Immunology - Not All Dendritic Cells Are Created Equal

Immunology (HIV) - Mucosal IgA, Systemic CMI Protect Sex Partners

Industry News (Diagnostics) - Viral, Cancer, and H. pylori Tests Approved in Spain, Costa Rica

Industry News (GPI-2A) - Phase I Clinical Trial of Antisense AIDS Therapy Initiated

Industry News (HIV/HCV) - Phase III Trial of Alferon N Treatment Completed

Juveniles, HIV Transmission (Research) - Teen Smoking May Hint at Other Risky Behavior

Kaposi's Sarcoma (Treatment) - Human Enzyme Kills Cancer Cells in Laboratory

Pathogenesis (Conference News) - Immunotherapy Research Supports Product Development Plans

Pathogenesis (HIV) - Pivotal Role Posited for Dendritic Cells

Testing (HIV) - World AIDS Day Observance Encourages Thousands to Test for HIV

Testing (HIV-1) - Standardized Blood Collection Methods Would Produce High HIV-1 RNA Stability

Thailand, HIV Transmission (Policy) - Government Budget Cuts Reduce Supply of Free Condoms

Vertical Transmission - AIDS Placebo Trial Results Due in January 1998

World Health Organization - WHO Africa Chief Urges Self-Sufficiency

CMV Immunotherapy - "Immunization of Plasmapheresis Donors with a Cytomegalovirus Vaccine Composed of gB Glycoprotein and MF-59 Adjuvant."

Cytomegalovirus (HIV) - "Impact of Oral Ganciclovir (GCV) on Plasma Cytomegalovirus DNA and Development of CMV Disease in Advanced AIDS."

Cytomegalovirus (Therapy) - "Impact of New Antiretroviral Therapies on CMV Disease, Incidence and Costs."

Drug Resistance (Diagnostics) - "The Use of a Rapid Phenotypic HIV-1 Drug Resistance and Susceptibility Assay in Analyzing the Emergence of Drug Resistant Virus During Triple Combination Therapy."

Epidemiology (TB) - "Resurgence of TB in a Suburban Atlanta County?"

Immunology (HIV-1) - "Natural Mucosal Immunity Against HIV-1 by Human Intestinal IgA."

Immunology (Vaccinations) - "Pneumococcal Reimmunization in HIV-1 Infected Patients."

Immunology (Vaccinations) - "The Effect of Influenza Vaccination on HIV RNA Load."

Occupational Risk (TB) - "Nosocomial Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission Among Health Care Workers (HCWs) at a Thailand Hospital."

Therapy (Bloodstream Infections) - "Unexpected Predominance of Mycobacterium spp. and Cryptococcus neoformans Bloodstream Infections in Febrile Hospitalized Adults, Bangkok, Thailand."

Therapy (TB) - "Treatment Outcome of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the Tertiary Care Setting - Toronto 1992-93."

Gynecology - "Cervicovaginal Human Immunodeficiency Virus Secretion and Plasma Viral Load in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Seropositive Women."

Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior - "Awareness of Sexually Transmitted Disease among Women and Service Providers in Rural Bangladesh."

Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior - "Improvement in AIDS Knowledge, Perceptions and Risk Behaviours Over a Short Period in a Rural Community of Senegal."

Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - "HIV-Associated Human Herpesvirus 8-Positive Primary Lymphomatous Radiologic Findings in Six Patients."

Occupational Risk - "Laboratory Professionals' Compliance with Universal Precautions."

Pediatrics - "Apoptosis of CD4+ and CD8+ T Cells Isolated Immediately ex vivo Correlates with Disease Severity in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Infection."

Pneumocystis carinii - "Rapid Detection of Pneumocystis carinii in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Specimens from Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients: Use of a Simple DNA Extraction Procedure and Nested PCR."

Psychiatry - "Adolescents with Psychiatric Disorders and the Risk of HIV."

Sexual Behavior (Research) - "Conduct Disorder and HIV Risk Behaviors among Runaway and Homeless Adolescents."

Transmission (HIV) - "Role of Viral Load in Heterosexual Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 by Blood Transfusion Recipients."

Virology (Viral Load) - "Quantification of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA from Dried Plasma Spots Collected on Filter Paper."

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