AIDS Weekly

HIV & Tuberculosis Disease - Iron balance and iron-regulatory system alterations correlate with HIV and TB disease progression

HIV/AIDS Atherosclerosis - HIV patients receiving dialysis have increased atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk

HIV/AIDS HAART - Nevirapine resistance decreases survival time associated with NVP-based HAART

HIV/AIDS Pregnancy - P-glycoprotein helps modulate antiretroviral transport across the placenta

Pediatric HIV/AIDS HAART - Viral reservoir clearance in HAART-treated children may be influenced by immune repopulation

AIDS-Related Lymphoma - HIV score, IPI score and HAART affects survival in AIDS-related non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Antifungal - Long-term oral posaconazole safe for refractory invasive fungal infections

Business Update - Cepheid expands real-time thermal cycler patent license agreement to include HIV and HCV

Business Update - Cepheid launches CE Mark-certified Smart CMV in vitro diagnostic test for SmartCycler platform

Business Update - Chembio receives purchase order from Nigeria for 200,000 HIV 1/2 STAT-PAK Rapid Tests

Business Update - Chembio recognized in Congressional Record statement

Business Update - Escalon and PointCare Technologies Inc. sign manufacturing, distribution and co-marketing agreement

Business Update - MedMira hires marketing consultant, adds sales people in Europe, Middle East, Latin America

Collaborations - Targeted Genetics enters new agreement to support ongoing HIV/AIDS vaccine development program

Cytomegalovirus Retinitis Diagnostics - Ganciclovir resistance detected by CMV UL97 gene sequencing in HIV/CMV retinitis patients

DNA Plasmid Vaccine - DNA plasmid vaccines against HIV-1, Ebola, SARS and West Nile virus have similar safety profiles

Disease Prevention - Cross-border collaboration needed for growing health risks in the San Diego-Baja California region

Drug Resistance - Drug-resistant tuberculosis prevalence decreased in New York City from 1991-2003

Genetics & Genomics - Illumina introduces Sentrix HumanHap650Y Genotyping BeadChip

Global Disease Burden - Global and regional burden of disease and risk factors for 2001 systematically analyzed

HIV Testing - U.S. FDA approves fully automated human immunodeficiency test

HIV/AIDS Diet & Nutrition - Nutritional and metabolic abnormalities are associated with HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS Drug Delivery - Stavudine-loaded mannosylated liposomes have anti-HIV-I activity and improved systemic clearance

HIV/AIDS Drug Resistance - Drug resistance mutation prevalence high among patients with detectable HIV RNA in Kuala Lumpur

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - HIV prevalence not decreasing among intravenous drug users in Madrid

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - U.S. HIV prevention spending correlates with HIV testing and awareness

HIV/AIDS Gene Therapy - Recombinant SV40 delivery of anti-HIV genetic therapy inhibits viral replication in microglia

HIV/AIDS HAART - Proteasome inhibitors uncouple TRIM5 alpha restriction of HIV-1 RT and infection

HIV/AIDS Infant Mortality - HIV-infected infant mortality lower in HAART era but symptomatic disease rates remain high

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - CD16+ monocytes activate resting T cells for HIV infection by producing CCR3 and CCR4 ligands

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Gag regulates association of HIV-1 envelope with detergent-resistant membranes

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - HIV p17 reverses the anti-inflammatory activity of IL-4 on IL-15-stimulated monocytes

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - HIV-1 Tat-cyclin T1 interaction represses mannose receptor and BMP receptor-2 transcription

HIV/AIDS Public Health - Volunteers used to rapidly expand HIV health services across Zambia

HIV/AIDS Research - Immune Response reports new manufacturing process increases HIV-1 viral antigen yields

HIV/AIDS Research - Phase 2 preliminary data show investigative HIV immunotherapy drug enhances immune response

HIV/AIDS Risk Factors - Condom use low among youth in Madagascar

HIV/AIDS Therapeutic Drug Monitoring - Electrochemical method determines indinavir levels in pharmaceuticals and serum

HIV/AIDS Therapy - U.S. FDA approves boosted protease inhibitor that enables HIV drug combination with Fuzeon

HIV/AIDS Therapy - U.S. FDA approves new HIV treatment for patients who do not respond to existing drugs

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Underuse of antiretroviral therapy is not related to patient satisfaction with care

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - DNA prime/protein boost HIV vaccine protects against simian human immunodeficiency virus

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Minimization of genetic distances for HIV-1 variants was investigated

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Preserved CD4+ central memory T cells predict survival in vaccinated SIV-challenged monkeys

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Purified anti-HIV-1 IgG inhibited HIV-1 in immature dendritic cells