AIDS Weekly

HIV/AIDS Diagnostics - Simple and reproducible assay developed to screen HIV-1 subtypes

HIV/AIDS Immunology - Persistent immune deficit in some patients irrespective of HIV viral load

HIV/AIDS Infection - Association between dual HIV-1 infection and elevated viral load set point

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Toll-like receptor 2 stimulation may contribute to HIV immunopathogenesis

HIV/AIDS Prevention - U.N. health agency turns to Internet to help prostitutes fight HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS Prevention - WHO issues new online tool kit for sex workers

HIV/AIDS Research -  E. bieneusi genotype D spores transmitted to SIV-infected macaques

HIV/AIDS Research - HIV-1 viral load not associated with intrapatient quasispecies heterogeneity

HIV/AIDS Research - Heat-shock protein 70 coprecipitates with Vpr from HIV-1-infected macrophages

HIV/AIDS Screening - Chinese blood centers to use rapid HIV Tests

HIV/AIDS Screening - Disposable HIV test kits get full regulatory approval in Nigeria

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Activists urge Singapore not to portray AIDS as "gay disease"

HIV/AIDS Therapy - HIV-1 integrase nuclear import inhibited by styrylquinoline derivatives

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Indian firm withdraws its HIV drugs from World Health Organization list

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Lopinivir efficacy decreases following cotransfection of wild-type HIV clones

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Trim5-cyclophilin A fusion protein from owl monkey kidney cells restricts HIV-1

HIV/AIDS-Related Apoptosis - Altered TNFSF CD95 receptor expression reduces B cell survival in HIV infection

HIV/AIDS-Related Drug Resistance - Wild-type breast cancer resistance protein induces cellular resistance to NRTIs

HIV/AIDS-Related Infection - Protothecal arthritis and tenosynovitis resulted from hematogenous dissemination

Hepatitis C - Virus at epidemic levels among young injectors in London

Hepatitis C Virus - Peginterferon alfa-2B studies show positive data in treatment of hepatitis C

Herpes - License agreement for cancer-killing herpes virus concluded

Herpesviruses - HSV-2 infection may play role in sexual transmission of HHV-8

Human Immunodeficiency Virus - Structure of anti-human immunodeficiency virus type 1 antibody 2F5 reported

Influenza - Data shows that Tamiflu may reduce risk of pneumonia in flu patients

Influenza Vaccine - Enrollment complete for intranasal influenza vaccine trial

Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus - Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus transmission likely via saliva

Personnel - Molecular test producer announces president for its U.S. subsidiary

Prostate Cancer - Pharma companies awarded NIH grants for prostate cancer immunotherapies

Public Health - Public health emergency response information system developed in China

Sexually Transmitted Disease - A few HIV-infected men in Australia are still having unprotected sex

Sexually Transmitted Disease - Internet Alert Project spreads word about high-risk sexual activities

Transfusion Transmitted Virus - TTV infection is not associated with the onset of pediatric liver disease

Tuberculosis - Genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis in Africans is polygenic

Tuberculosis - Licensing agreement signed to develop, market new antituberculosis compounds

Tuberculosis - Serum IgE levels higher in tuberculosis patients coinfected with HIV/parasites