AIDS Weekly

HIV/AIDS Drug Use - Cocaine upregulates DC-SIGN expression on dendritic cells in HIV infection

HIV/AIDS Healthcare - Satellite pharmacy at HIV clinic improves physician-pharmacist interaction

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Branded advertising campaign increases condom use in Tanzania

HIV/AIDS Viremia - Low-level viremia not uncommon during very early period of primary HIV infection

HIV/Tuberculosis Coinfection - T cell decrease in HIV/TB coinfection leads to marked cytokine reduction

Allergy and Immunology - Patients coinfected with hepatitis C and HIV mount a full response to F protein

Anal Cancer - Chemoradiotherapy is feasible in anal carcinomas in HIV-positive patients

Blood Safety - Multitransfused thalassemic children show a risk for acquiring hepatitis C

Business Update - Global Med sub signs nationwide contract with Nigeria

Clinical Trials - Clinical study of Aurora kinase inhibitor in hematologic cancers initiated

Collaborations - Collaboration announced to advance infectious disease research

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Researchers' findings advance HIV/AIDS pathogenesis research

Collaborations - Pharma firm and Baylor to establish pediatric AIDS corps for Africa

Feline Leukemia Virus Vaccine - Neutralizing antibodies against feline leukemia virus protein generated

Generic Drugs - Generically creative: Drug companies balance patents and patients

HIV/AIDS Coinfection -  Pneumocystis jirovecii genotypes vary in HIV-infected patients in Thailand

HIV/AIDS Coinfection - GB virus C prevalence lower in HIV-infected children than in coinfected adults

HIV/AIDS Coinfection - Routine syphilis screening increases detection in HIV-infected patients

HIV/AIDS Vaccines - Researchers provide details of new studies and findings in the area of HIV/AIDS vaccines

HIV/AIDS Diagnosis - Laboratory methods to estimate HIV-1 incidence reviewed

HIV/AIDS HAART - Improvement of virologic response to HAART due to increased adherence

HIV/AIDS Mental Health - HIV-infected patients with history of mental trauma report greater physical pain

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Codon volatility does not reflect selective pressure on HIV-1 genome

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Findings advance knowledge in HIV/AIDS pathogenesis research

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Functional genomic relationships HIV-1 disease revealed

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - PAR-2 induction by neuroinflammation prevents neural death during HIV infection

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - RNA helicase DDX1 involved in restricted HIV-1 Rev function in astrocytes

HIV/AIDS Pneumococcal Vaccine - HIV-infected children have poorer qualitative antibody responses to PnCV

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Some sexual history questions lacking in sexually transmitted infection clinics

HIV/AIDS Quality-of-Life - HIV-related neurological syndromes reduce health-related quality of life

HIV/AIDS Risk Factors - 2- to 3-fold risk increase of acquiring HIV-1 infection among persons with STDs