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AIDS Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . May 1st, 2006

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HIV/AIDS Diagnostics - Dot blot assay sensitive and specific for HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibody confirmation

HIV/AIDS Diagnostics - Rapid HIV-1/2 antibody test utilizing oral fluid samples is sensitive and specific

HIV/AIDS Immunotherapy - Antigen-loaded dendritic cells boost and broaden HIV-specific T cell response

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - CCR5 use by HIV-1 associated closely with gp120 V3 loop N-linked glycosylation site

HIV/AIDS-Related Wasting - Nandrolone increases fat-free mass compared with testosterone in HIV-related wasting

Adverse Drug Reaction - Adverse drug reactions to antiretroviral drugs are influenced by hepatitis virus

Atherosclerosis - Researchers from Spain, the United States and Austria publish new studies and findings in the area of atherosclerosis

Avian Influenza - Replicor's antiviral drug is active against H5N1 avian influenza

Business & Finance - CytRx reports $15.1 million net loss in 2005, recaps performance highlights

Business & Finance - Incyte to discontinue development of DFC as a treatment for HIV; revises guidance

Complementary & Alternative Medicine - Tai chi is a stress management approach for persons with HIV/AIDS

Diagnostics - Invasive aspergillosis early diagnosis improved by PCR-ELISA

Diagnostics - Over-the-counter rapid HIV tests are on the horizon

Diagnostics - Svizera Labs to supply Designer Diagnostics' Test Kits to World Health Organization

Drug Development - Adventrx presents positive Thiovir preclinical results

Drug Development - Gen-Probe submits amended regulatory application for PROCLEIX ULTRIO assay to U.S. FDA

Drug Resistance -  Corynebacterium striatum is an emerging multidrug-resistant pathogen in hospitalized patients

Finance - Chembio reports 19% increase in 2005 revenues

Fluoroquinolones - Improper fluoroquinolone use in children can accelerate pneumococcal resistance emergence

Foamy Virus - Foamy virus in chimpanzees raises risk for human retroviral infection of zoonotic origin

HIV/AIDS - Data from Brazil and the United States advance knowledge in HIV/AIDS research

HIV/AIDS - Findings from Australia, France and Denmark advance knowledge in HIV/AIDS research

HIV/AIDS - Findings from the United States and Canada advance knowledge in HIV/AIDS research

HIV/AIDS - New data from the United States and France lluminates research in HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS - New data from the United States lluminates research in HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS - New data from the United States, United Kingdom and France lluminates research in HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS - New findings from Australia, France and the South Africa in the area of HIV/AIDS described

HIV/AIDS - New findings from France, Canada and Germany in the area of HIV/AIDS detailed

HIV/AIDS - New findings from the United States and Canada in the area of HIV/AIDS detailed

HIV/AIDS - New findings from the United States and France in the area of HIV/AIDS detailed

HIV/AIDS - New findings from the United States and Switzerland in the area of HIV/AIDS described

HIV/AIDS - New findings from the United States, United Kingdom and Japan in the area of HIV/AIDS detailed

HIV/AIDS - New findings in HIV/AIDS described from Brazil, Germany and the United Kingdom

HIV/AIDS - New research from the United States in the area of HIV/AIDS detailed

HIV/AIDS - Recent findings from Germany, Japan and the United States illuminate research in HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS - Recent studies from Greece and the United States add new data to HIV/AIDS research

HIV/AIDS - Recent studies from India, France and the United Kingdom add new data to HIV/AIDS research

HIV/AIDS - Recent studies from the United Kingdom and United States add new data to HIV/AIDS research

HIV/AIDS - Recent studies from the United States and United Kingdom add new data to HIV/AIDS research

HIV/AIDS - Reports from Italy, the United Kingdom and Brazil describe recent advances in HIV/AIDS research

HIV/AIDS - Reports from the United States and Italy advance knowledge in HIV/AIDS research

HIV/AIDS - Reports from the United States and Japan add new data to HIV/AIDS research

HIV/AIDS - Reports from the United States and Japan describe recent advances in HIV/AIDS research

HIV/AIDS - Reports from the United States and United Kingdom describe recent advances in HIV/AIDS research

HIV/AIDS - Reports from the United States, South Africa and Japan advance knowledge in HIV/AIDS research

HIV/AIDS - Reports from the United States, United Kingdom and Canada add new data to HIV/AIDS research

HIV/AIDS - Research from Canada, Australia and the United States add new data to HIV/AIDS body of knowledge

HIV/AIDS - Research from the United States and Germany add new data to HIV/AIDS body of knowledge

HIV/AIDS - Researchers from Belgium, the United States and Spain report recent findings in HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS - Researchers from Mexico, the United Kingdom and the United States detail new studies and findings in the area of HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS - Researchers from Netherlands and United States detail new studies and findings in the area of HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS - Researchers from South Africa, lbhoopat@mail and United Kingdom publish new studies and findings in the area of HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS - Researchers from the United States and MALAWI describe findings in HIV/AIDS studies

HIV/AIDS - Researchers from the United States describe findings in HIV/AIDS studies

HIV/AIDS - Researchers from the United States report details of new studies and findings in the area of HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS - Researchers from the United States, Canada and Uganda report details of new studies and findings in the area of HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS - Researchers' data from South Africa, Japan and Argentina advance HIV/AIDS research

HIV/AIDS - Researchers' data from the United Kingdom and United States advance HIV/AIDS research

HIV/AIDS - Researchers' findings from Brazil, Venezuela and Australia advance HIV/AIDS research

HIV/AIDS - Researchers' work from the United States adds to HIV/AIDS body of knowledge

HIV/AIDS - Researchers' work from the United States and Netherlands adds to HIV/AIDS body of knowledge

HIV/AIDS - Studies from France, Switzerland and Spain add new findings to HIV/AIDS body of knowledge

HIV/AIDS - Studies from Japan, France and Sweden describe new findings in HIV/AIDS research

HIV/AIDS - Studies from Japan, the United States and Germany advance knowledge in HIV/AIDS research

HIV/AIDS - Studies from Spain, the South Africa and the United States add new findings to HIV/AIDS body of knowledge

HIV/AIDS - Studies from the United States and France describe new findings in HIV/AIDS research

HIV/AIDS & Malaria - Malaria prevalence not associated with CD4 cell count in HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS & National Security - HIV/AIDS examined as a national security issue

HIV/AIDS Assisted Reproduction - Suboptimal fertility clinics put HIV-negative partners and unborn children at HIV transmission risk

HIV/AIDS Behavior Medicine - HIV RNA and risk behavior reduced in infected youth after motivational enhancement therapy

HIV/AIDS Cardiovascular Disease - Vascular inflammation and dyslipidemia main sources of cardiovascular disease in HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS Cognitive Development - Cognitive development compared between HIV-infected and -uninfected children

HIV/AIDS Drug Monitoring - HPLC-UV monitors tipranavir plasma levels in HIV patients

HIV/AIDS Drug Use - Active drug use is temporally linked to HIV disease progression and mortality

HIV/AIDS Evolution - Persistent immune activation reduces its regenerative capacity and facilitates HIV evolution

HIV/AIDS HAART Adverse Drug Reactions - Severe gynecomastia developed as result of HAART in perinatally infected boy

HIV/AIDS HAART Interruption - HAART interruption blunts but does not abrogate CD4 cell responses to IL-2 therapy

HIV/AIDS Immunotherapy - HIV-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cells expanded by transfected dendritic cells

HIV/AIDS Knowledge - HIV-infected youth experience confusion and skepticism regarding HAART

HIV/AIDS Long-Term Survivors - HLA phenotypes and HIV-1 gene polymorphisms characterized in long-term survivors

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Bacterial lipopolysaccharide enhances cardiac dysfunction but not retroviral replication

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Disease progression with virological suppression associated with degree of immune response

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - HIV Vpr is a regulator of apoptosis and an effector on bystander cells

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - HIV-1 gp120 inhibits long-term potentiation via chemokine receptor CXCR4 in hippocampus

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Viral fitness contributes substantially to evolutionary pattern of thymidine analog mutations

HIV/AIDS Prevalence - HIV prevalence in infants born in Italy highlights need to prevent vertical transmission

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Low participation in voluntary HIV counseling underscores need for education campaigns

HIV/AIDS Research - Specialists propose an AIDS research agenda

HIV/AIDS Research - T cell subpopulations change during 4 years of suppression of HIV-1 replication

HIV/AIDS Risk Reduction - Social support related to risk reduction in Puerto Rican migrant and nonmigrant IDUs

HIV/AIDS Screening - Correlates associated with HIV testing among young gay males identified

HIV/AIDS Screening - HIV testing prevalence low among men who have sex with men in Beijing

HIV/AIDS Screening - Routine medical screening most frequent reason for HIV testing among adolescents

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Abbott files for registration of new formulation of lopinavir/ritonavir in South Africa

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Age-related effects on nelfinavir and M8 pharmacokinetics have been examined

HIV/AIDS Therapy - HIV HAART efficacy marked by tonsillar lymphoid follicle cystatin A levels

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Oxandrolone promotes gains in body weight and BCM in HIV-infected men with weight loss

HIV/AIDS Therapy - U.S. FDA tentatively approves a co-package of generic AIDS drugs

HIV/AIDS Transmission - HIV-1 may infect spermatozoa through the mannose receptor

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Polyvalent DNA prime/protein boost HIV-1 vaccine elicits cellular immune responses

HIV/AIDS-Associated Fungal Infection - HAART responders can safely halt prophylaxis for cryptococcosis and penicilliosis

HIV/Tuberculosis Coinfection - Immune features of tuberculous and nontuberculous pericardial effusions characterized

Hepatitis B Virus - HBV tenofovir disoproxil fumarate therapy is effective in HIV-infected patients

Hepatitis C Virus - New research from Switzerland and the United States in the area of hepatitis C virus detailed

Herpes - New findings from the United States in the area of herpes detailed

Herpes - Recent findings in herpes described by researchers from Japan and the United States

Herpes - Studies from the United States and Austria describe new findings in herpes research

Human Papillomavirus Diagnostics - P16(INK4a) expression in precancerous lesions and cancers identifies HPV-transformed cells

Immune System - Reports from India, the United States and France advance knowledge in immune system research

Nosocomial Infections - Findings from the United States and Australia describe new data in nosocomial infections research

SIV Pathogenesis - SIV transcriptional latency facilitated by innate immune response

Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Pathogenesis - Evolution of coreceptor use varies with pathogenic outcome of SIV infection

Sociology - Greater HIV/SARS knowledge related to better resources and mental health

Tuberculosis - New data from the United Kingdom, Brazil and Belgium lluminates research in tuberculosis

Tuberculosis - Reports from South Africa, Brazil and United States describe recent advances in tuberculosis research

Vaccine Development - Novel products to inject momentum into European vaccines market

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