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AIDS Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . September 26th, 2005

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

Related Areas: Other Issues in AIDS Weekly | Other Publications

Diagnostics - Rapid HIV test modified to detect recent seroconversion

HIV/AIDS Neuroinflammation - Ongoing neuroinflammation occurs post-HAART in HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - SDF-1 3'A allele increases risk of progression to AIDS

HIV/AIDS-Associated Dementia - HIV gp120 proteins alter properties of blood-brain barrier

HIV/AIDS-Tuberculosis Coinfection - Elevated CCR5/CXCR4/cytokines persistently increase viral load in TB coinfection

Alcohol Use - Alcohol abuse related to risky sex among HIV-positive men who have sex with men

Behavioral Medicine - Quality of parent-child relationship related to rate of risk behaviors

Brain Cancer - Drug efflux transporters play role in drug resistance in brain diseases

Diagnostics - Maryland facility approved for the manufacture of HIV-1 Urine EIA test

Diagnostics - PPT or standard tubes processed within 4 hours yield equivalent HIV RNA in bDNA

Diagnostics - Performance of TruGene HIV genotype assay assessed

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of HIV/AIDS pathogenesis

Diagnostics - Reports describe recent advances in diagnostics research

Diet & Nutrition - HAART does not significantly affect triacylglycerol and insulin responses

Disease Control - CTX marginally effective in HIV-infected adults with new smear-positive TB

Disease Control - Sexual history questionnaires across the United States lack consensus

Drug Development - Activation of antithrombin III increases its anti-HIV activity up to 1000-fold

Drug Development - South African medicinal plants inhibit HIV-1 reverse transcriptase and integrase

HIV/AIDS Vaccines - Researchers describe findings in HIV/AIDS vaccines studies

Drug Resistance - Antibiotic resistance of Gram-negative bacilli increasing in children in Kilifi

Drug Resistance - Drug resistance higher among previously treated HIV and tuberculosis patients

Drug Toxicity - Data collection method assesses toxicity impact of new antiretroviral drugs

Epidemiology - HIV prevalence increasing among injecting drug users in England and Wales

Epidemiology - HIV/AIDS epidemiology in Caribbean Basin difficult due to lack of uniform data

Epidemiology - Model estimates number of orphans in high HIV prevalent areas

HIV/AIDS - Leishmaniasis in HIV-infected patients investigated

HIV/AIDS & Depression - Factors affecting HIV-positive women at risk for depression identified

HIV/AIDS Diagnosis - CD4 count among normal north Indians lower than in Western populations

HIV/AIDS Drug Adherence - Once-daily didanosine improves adherence in HIV-infected patients

HIV/AIDS Drug Interaction - Efavirenz induces statin metabolism when drugs are coadministered

HIV/AIDS Drug Interaction - Indinavir plus ritonavir increases AUCs of calcium channel blockers in HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Altered T and B cell interactions may contribute to HIV/AIDS autoimmunity

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - HIV Nef establishes superinfection immunity by downregulating CCR5 and CD4

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - HIV-1 leader RNA conformational switch does not regulate mRNA translation

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Highly conserved beta-hairpin structure in HIV-1 gp120 critical for CCR5 binding

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Intracellular environment in CD4+8+ T cells is better for HIV/SIV RT

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - KIR3DL1 and HLA-B*57 supertype allele interactions influence HIV-1 progression

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Research in HIV/AIDS pathogenesis provides new insights

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Resting naive CD4+ T cells massively infected and eliminated

HIV/AIDS Prevalence - Occurrence of HIV/AIDS among midlife African American women reviewed

HIV/AIDS Risk Assessment - Written/electronic STD testing protocols promotes risk assessment questioning

HIV/AIDS Risk Factors - Polygamy and extramarital sex are risk factors for HIV transmission in Nigeria

HIV/AIDS Support - Social support network for HIV-positive mothers explored

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Company reduces prices for Viread and Truvada in the developing world

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Nandrolone decanoate benefits HIV-infected men with weight loss

HIV/AIDS Vaccine Develoment - Determinants of HIV resistance to gp41-derived peptides examined

HIV/AIDS Vaccine Development - Different epidemic potentials of HIV-1B and C subtypes reported

HIV/AIDS Vaccine Development - Global enterprise uses scientific/financial resources to develop AIDS vaccine

HIV/AIDS Vaccine Development - Measles vaccine vector primes antibodies against HIV-1 epitopes

HIV/AIDS Vaccine Development - Soluble HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein trimers characterized

HIV/AIDS Vaccine Development - UF scientist finds unexpected link between cat and human AIDS viruses

HIV/AIDS Vaccines - Findings advance knowledge in HIV/AIDS vaccines research

HIV/AIDS Viral Replication - HIV continues to replicate in the brains of alcohol-dependent animals

HIV/AIDS-Related Lipodystrophy - Lipodystrophy severity impacts negatively on body image in HIV-infected persons

Hepatitis C Virus - Humoral immune response to hepatitis C virus infection is often delayed

Immunology - Tumor cells can weaken immune response

Infections - Macrophages archive HIV-1 virions for dissemination in trans

Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus - KSHV K-bZIP represses gene transcription via SUMO modification

Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus

Measles Vaccine Development - Measles vaccine vector induces broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV-1

Personnel - William J. Welch named senior VP and chief commercial officer by biotech company

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