Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . January 19th, 2004
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HIV/AIDS Therapy - Thymidine analogue mutation patterns identified
AIDS Therapy - DSMB recommends continuation of phase I trial with VRX496 modified T cells
Antimicrobials - Lentivirus lytic peptide derivatives selectively toxic to airway pathogens
Blood Safety - Japanese transfusion recipient infected by HIV-tainted blood
Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Swaziland: AIDS toll leads to flood of bogus "miracle" cures
Genomics and Genetics - Oxidative DNA damage underlies mitochondrial effects of cancer, HIV drugs
HIV Diagnosis - FDA OKs U.S. sale of 10-minute HIV test
HIV Epidemiology - Name-based reporting leads to better information in New York City
HIV Progression - Having a stable partner delays AIDS in HIV patients
HIV Testing - Uni-Gold Recombigen HIV test receives FDA approval
HIV/AIDS - Infection with multiple HIV strains hastens disease progression
Immunology - Leptin has differential effects on monocyte ROS activity during HIV infection
HIV/AIDS - Substantia nigra lesion-induced parkinsonism can mark AIDS onset
HIV/AIDS Cancer - Epidemiology of Kaposi sarcoma in Israel elucidated
HIV/AIDS Cancer - HAART improves outcome of HIV-related non-Hodgkin lymphoma
HIV/AIDS Coinfection - HIV coinfection does not alter efficacy of hepatitis C treatment
HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - HIV-1 seroprevalence rates in women and relinquishment of infants to the state in Russia
HIV/AIDS Obstetrics - HIV testing acceptable to pregnant women and their husbands in India
HIV/AIDS Opportunistic Infection - Molecular blood test detects Penicillium marneffei
HIV/AIDS Opportunistic Infection - Pathogenesis and treatment of candidiasis-associated HLH reviewed
HIV/AIDS Opportunistic Infection - Solid phase cytometry test provides rapid Aspergillus fumigatus detection
HIV Therapy - Best treatment for new HIV patients to be studied
HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Immune response to SIV infection in African green monkeys investigated
HIV/AIDS Proteomics - HIV Tat interacts with Notch protein EGF-like repeats and the EGF precursor
HIV/AIDS Therapy - High viremia at start of triple-drug ART linked to increased mortality risk
HIV/AIDS Therapy - LC-MS method for measuring zidovudine and lamivudine in mice developed
HIV/AIDS Therapy - Levels of anti-p24 IgG1 may mark HAART efficacy
HIV/AIDS Tuberculosis - Rifampicin does not affect enfuvirtide pharmacokinetics
HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Antigen engineering promotes induction of HIV-neutralizing antibodies
HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Candidate HIV-1 subtype C DNA vaccine for South Africa characterized
HIV/AIDS Proteomics - HIV Vif induces G2 /M arrest in feline and bovine cells
Hepatitis B Virus - Rates on the decline in the United States but not among adults
Hepatitis B Virus - Study will compare two antivirals for lamivudine-resistant disease
Malaria Therapy - Antiviral effects of chloroquine reviewed
Opportunistic Infection - Etest suitable for Aspergillus voriconazole resistance testing
Pediatric AIDS - More effective prenatal care could halt perinatal transmission of AIDS
Perinatal HIV - Rapid HIV tests for women in labor studied
Policy - Mozambique: U.N. human rights expert decries discrimination against AIDS patients
Receptor Studies - Role of proteinase-activated receptors in nervous system reviewed
Simian Immunodeficiency Virus - Development of SIV in sooty mangabey monkeys characterized
HIV/AIDS Proteomics - Mechanisms of HIV Vif-induced APOBEC3G degradation identified
Simian Immunodeficiency Virus - Origins of mandrill- and drill-derived SIV reviewed
Tuberculosis Therapy - CDC study will compare short versus long-term TB treatment regimens
Vaccines - Investigational new drug application to be filed for HIV vaccine
Viral Proteomics - Hemagglutinin uses "leash in the groove" mechanism for membrane fusion
Virology - Effects of GBV-C co-infection on HIV progression reviewed
HIV/AIDS RNA Research - Homology requirements for optimal antiretroviral shRNA activity clarified
HIV/AIDS Therapy - Distal mutation cooperation needed for HIV multiprotease inhibitor resistance
AIDS Epidemiology - American Indians see rapidly climbing AIDS infection rates
AIDS Prevention - Mauritania: Imams join low-key campaign against AIDS
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