AIDS Weekly

HIV/AIDS HAART - Initial therapy has diminished efficacy in patients with low CD4 counts and high viral loads

HIV/AIDS Neurotoxicity - Aciclovir protects against quinolinic acid-induced oxidative neurotoxicity

HIV/AIDS-Associated Pulmonary Hypertension - Secreted HIV gp120 proteins induce lung endothelial cell injury

Preventive Medicine - Safe male circumcision procedure offered in developing countries to decrease STD incidence

Bioethics - Controversies and interests drive 'Bioethics in action'

Cerebral Toxoplasmosis - PCR plus high titers of anti-Toxoplasma gondii IgG antibodies diagnose cerebral toxoplasmosis

Clinical Trials - Irish pharmaceutical company reports launch of reverse transcriptase phase III trials

Collaborations - Biopharma company signs agreement with Xinhua Finance to help open Asian marketplace

Collaborations - Diagnostics test company enters joint venture with Chinese firm and northern China hospital

Diagnostics - Diagnostic tests provider engages Partner International to strengthen European distribution network

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Recent findings in HIV/AIDS pathogenesis provide new insights

Diagnostics - Integrating multiantigen ELISA with AFB smear improves sensitivity for active TB screening

Disease Control - Public awareness campaign resulted in community involvement in syphilis control efforts

Drug Development - Agreement signed to develop process, manufacture AIDS vaccine candidate for trials

Drug Development - Aptivus sustains convincing anti-HIV effect through 48 weeks

Drug Development - Pharma company to license novel drug target for HIV treatment

Drug Development - Study reported 7% of HIV-1+ patients who switched treatment regimens experienced viral rebound

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

Drug Resistance - Linezolid is effective for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

Drug Resistance - Resistance to antituberculosis drugs increasing in Botswana

Gonorrhea - Antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae renders gonorrhea untreatable

HIV/AIDS Behavioral Medicine - Crystal methamphetamine and ecstasy differ in relation to unsafe sex among young gay men

HIV/AIDS Coinfection - HHV8 enhances HIV replication in acutely infected cells and induces reactivation

HIV/AIDS Diagnostics - Results demonstrate importance of reagent selection for monitoring of HIV responses

HIV/AIDS Diet & Nutrition - AIDS-related active opportunistic infections associated with nutritional status

HIV/AIDS Drug Adherence - Nurse-delivered adherence intervention improves knowledge and HAART adherence

HIV/AIDS Drug Development - P1 chain-extended HIV protease inhibitors active against drug-resistant mutants

HIV/AIDS Drug Interactions - Few data are available regarding PI interactions with other complex treatment regimens

HIV/AIDS Drug Resistance - Reports describe recent advances in HIV/AIDS drug resistance research

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

HIV/AIDS HAART - Atazanavir-treated patients have better lipid profile than lopinovir/ritonavir-treated patients

HIV/AIDS HAART - Combination therapy is more effective in NRTI-experienced children than NFV/NVP/d4T

HIV/AIDS HAART - HAART reduced the rate of progression from AIDS to HIV infection with end-stage renal disease

HIV/AIDS HAART - Polymorphisms of Fas and Fas ligand influence immunoreconstitution triggered by HAART

HIV/AIDS HAART Complications - Neurologic complications from HAART can lead to decreased drug adherence