AIDS Weekly

Disease Associations - HIV-infected nonimmune adults are at increased risk of severe malaria

HIV/AIDS HAART - Replication-competent HIV persists in patients with uninterrupted HAART

HIV/AIDS Research - Health Canada grants approval for first-in-man clinical trial of treatment of drug resistant HIV

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Interruptions of shorter periods are unlikely to allow restoration of mitochondrial DNA

HIV/AIDS-Related Cancer - HIV-1 disease length and not immune status is a risk factor for anal carcinoma development

Diet & Nutrition - Trial final results show Resurgex reduces oxidative stress and enhances performance

Disease Associations - HIV/AIDS does not influence circulating leukocyte counts during measles infection

Disease Associations - HIV/TB coinfected donors have increased IL-4 and IFN-gamma in whole blood and lung lavage fluid

Drug Delivery - Artificial cell microcapsules overcome oral delivery problems of live bacterial cells

Drug Resistance - Research company discontinues exploratory open-label phase II trial with TMC125

Employee Health - New Best Practice AIDS Standard for corporate AIDS programs established

Enterocytozoon Bieneusi - Antibody-based fluorescence assay correlates with PCR for E. bieneusi spore detection

Facilities - Diagnostic technology company completes CE Mark facilities inspection

Feline Immunodeficiency Virus - Feline immunodeficiency virus gp36 ectodomain has been characterized

HIV/AIDS Adverse Drug Reaction - Aortic stiffness increased in HIV/AIDS patients receiving protease inhibitors

HIV/AIDS Adverse Drug Reaction - Neuropsychiatric side effects greater in HIV/AIDS patients treated with efavirenz

HIV/AIDS Adverse Drug Reaction - Pharmacotherapy in HIV/AIDS patients with cardiovascular symptoms is complex

HIV/AIDS Adverse Drug Reaction - Step-wise intervention effectively manages nelfinavir-associated diarrhea

HIV/AIDS Behavioral Medicine - Risk behavior odds among HIV-infected persons are higher in homeless populations

HIV/AIDS Diagnosis - Oral lesions are indicators of HIV infection among dental patients in Nigeria

HIV/AIDS Diagnostics - Orasure Technologies selects distributor in Singapore for HIV Antibody Test

HIV/AIDS Drug Adherence - Brief HAART adherence intervention by healthcare providers helps maintain adequate drug adherence

HIV/AIDS Drug Adherence - Self-reported HAART adherence and saquinavir AUC predict virologic response

HIV/AIDS Drug Compliance - HAART compliance predicts virologic failure in HIV/AIDS patients

HIV/AIDS Drug Development - 2F5 epitope is helical in the HIV-1 entry inhibitor T-20

HIV/AIDS Drug Development - Crowding agents mimic the crowded environment inside the HIV-1 virion

HIV/AIDS Drug Development - Metallacarboranes are specific and potent inhibitors of HIV protease

HIV/AIDS Drug Development - Sugar-binding proteins inhibit dendritic cell HIV-1 infection

HIV/AIDS Encephalitis - Macrophage-induced inflammation affects neuronal development in HIV-1 encephalitis

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - AIDS triples the mortality of adults aged 25-44 years in Pointe-Noire

HIV/AIDS Genetic Evolution - Multiple HIV-1 provirus copies per infected cell and recombination act in synergy

HIV/AIDS HAART - Failures of lopinavir/ritonavir monotherapy can be successfully reinduced

HIV/AIDS HAART - Lopinavir/ritonavir is safe and effective in pretreated HIV-infected children

HIV/AIDS HAART - Protease inhibitors block adipocyte differentiation independently of lamin A/C

HIV/AIDS HAART - Recombination differentially affects drug resistance mutation rates

HIV/AIDS Knowledge - Risk perception and knowledge predicts willingness to provide care for HIV/AIDS patients

HIV/AIDS Mortality - Uninfected children born to advanced HIV mothers are at high risk of mortality and morbidity

HIV/AIDS Neurology - Thinning of the cerebral cortex HIV/AIDS reflects CD4 cell decline

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Association of HIV-1 gag with membrane does not require highly basic sequences in the nucleocapsid

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Growth inhibition by HIV Vpr occurs independently of intracellular localization in yeast