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AIDS Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . July 7th, 2003

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

Related Areas: Other Issues in AIDS Weekly | Other Publications

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Murine cytomegalovirus vector shows promise

RNA Research - Novel antiviral DNA enzyme identified

HIV/AIDS Dementia - Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 protects brain cells from Tat-induced toxicity

HIV/AIDS Obstetrics - No increase in complication risk during Caesarean section

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Combination drug counseling program reduces infection risk

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Cytotoxic T lymphocyte-based strategies ineffective over long term

At-Risk Populations - UNAIDS report focuses on HIV, TB in prisons

Blood Safety - Pakistani injection drug users twice as likely to donate blood

Complementary and Alternative Medicine - People in rural areas less likely to use CAM for pain, HIV patients more likely

Disease Progression - Drinking while on medication may speed up HIV's advance

Drug Resistance - Concern expressed over uncontrolled use of anti-HIV drugs

Epidemiology - Men who have sex with men could worsen China's HIV-1 epidemic

Funding - Organization helps fund fight against AIDS, TB, and malaria in Kenya

Gene Therapy Vectors - HIV Vpr could be used for DNA delivery

HIV/AIDS Awareness - Women's coalition on HIV/AIDS launched in Ethiopia

HIV/AIDS Opportunistic Infection - Function, not quantity of retinal cytotoxic T cells determines cytomegalovirus protection

HIV/AIDS Opportunistic Infection - High-resolution computed tomography useful for PCP diagnosis

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Dendritic cell DC-SIGN used in different ways by HIV and Mycobacterium tuberculosis

HIV/AIDS Prevention - CDC threatens program over workshops

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Antiretroviral treatment helps resolve lymphoid interstitial pneumonia

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Lopinavir has paradoxical effects on P-glycoprotein expression

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Low rate of virologic failure found among patients taking Viread

HIV/AIDS Therapy - New HIV antiretroviral treatment interruption study begins in Spain

HIV/AIDS Therapy - New genetic pathway of HIV resistance to stavudine found

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Optimism in Western Cape, South Africa, over possible antiretrovirals rollout

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Resistance mutations can emerge during treatment interruption

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Ribavarin and stavudine safe in patients coinfected with hepatitis C virus

HIV/AIDS Tuberculosis - Low treatment adherence rates contribute to outpatient mortality

HIV/AIDS Tuberculosis - Tuberculin skin test detects latent infection during antiretroviral therapy

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - DNA vaccine and microparticle boost produce potent anti-HIV immune response

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Immunodominant epitopes found in tat-vaccinated volunteers

HIV/AIDS Virology - Structure of RNA aptamer with high Tat affinity determined

Kaposi Sarcoma - Novel cell line enables high-level production of KSHV DNA polymerase

Medication Adherence - Medication reminders marketed to HIV/AIDS treatment providers

Occupational Health Hazards - Guidelines for workplace TB control activities issued

Periodontal Disease - Pathogen combinations may underlie chronic periodontitis in HIV patients

Pharmacoeconomics - New negotiations lower prices of HIV drugs in 10 countries of the Americas

Preventive Medicine - Food aid for provided to HIV/AIDS-affected in Central African Republic

Quackery - FDA seizes dietary supplement claimed to cure diseases, including AIDS, cancer

Sexually Transmitted Disease - Lack of STD awareness challenges growth of diagnostic market

Sexually Transmitted Disease - Prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases updated

Simian Immunodeficiency Virus - Etiology in chimpanzees discovered

Vaccine Adjuvant - Adjuvants interleukin-12 and cholera toxin enhance immunity to HIV-1

Viral Entry Inhibitor - Manufacturing of BlockAide/CR commences

Visceral Leishmaniasis - Early detection business to grow following FDA clearance of test

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