AIDS Weekly

HIV/AIDS & Tuberculosis - Tuberculin skin testing sensitivity reduced in patients with HIV infection

HIV/AIDS HAART - Development of HIV-1 resistance is low in patients on tenofovir-containing therapy

HIV/AIDS HAART - Elevated lopinavir and indinavir related to elevated total bilirubin in HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS Monitoring - Hemoglobin and ALT levels monitor HAART toxicity in resource-limited settings

HIV/AIDS Transmission - HIV-1 transcytosis across the placenta enhanced by tumor necrosis factor alpha treatment

Business Update - Tibotec announces access program expanded for investigational HIV-1 agent TMC125

Epstein-Barr Virus - AIDS-related non-Hodgkin leukemia outcome associated with Epstein-Barr viral load

Finance - Immtech collaborators receive $21.3M to fight trypanosomiasis and leishmania

HIV/AIDS & Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 - Herpes simplex virus type 2 seroprevalence high in children in urban Tanzania

HIV/AIDS & Herpesvirus 8 - Human herpesvirus 8 is present in normal prostates of HIV-infected men

HIV/AIDS & Hypertension - HIV-1 nef associated with complex pulmonary vascular lesions

HIV/AIDS & Malaria - Malaria causes false positive results in HIV enzyme immunoassays

HIV/AIDS Cancer Screening - HIV patients more likely to have colonic neoplasms on screening flexible sigmoidoscopy

HIV/AIDS Coinfection - Reciprocal transactivation occurs between HIV-1 and other viruses

HIV/AIDS Diagnostics - OraSure Technologies begins initial studies for approval of home-use rapid HIV test

HIV/AIDS Drug Development - Structure-based design of HIV-1 protease inhibitors combats drug resistance

HIV/AIDS Drug Resistance - Multiclass drug resistance associated with more rapid CD4 decline in HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS HAART - Adverse effects common in HIV-1 infected children on HAART

HIV/AIDS Health Policy - California non-name HIV reporting regulations acceptable to most key stakeholders

HIV/AIDS Healthcare - All-cause hospitalizations in HIV/AIDS increasing despite HAART introduction

HIV/AIDS Healthcare - Monitoring symptoms in patients with advanced AIDS allows for prompt treatment

HIV/AIDS Infection -  Enterocytozoon bieneusi genotypes identified from stool samples of HIV-infected persons

HIV/AIDS Mental Health - Depression and HIV-positive status predicts worse daily functioning in China

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Genes regulated by different HIV-1 clade isolates upon dendritic cell infection identified

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - HIV targeting to B cells defined

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Lyn kinase involved in CCR5 function in macrophages and in AIDS pathogenesis

HIV/AIDS Prognosis - Persistent low-level viremia and HAART experience associated with virological failure

HIV/AIDS Prostate Cancer - Prostate-specific antigen levels in older men not associated with HIV infection

HIV/AIDS Quality of Life - HAART has enhanced mental health functioning in HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS Quality of Life - Increases in symptoms associated with worsened quality of life in HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS Research - Researchers seek to design the first treatment for neuroAIDS

HIV/AIDS Research - Sangamo reports positive data on treating HIV with zinc finger DNA-binding protein nucleases

HIV/AIDS Research - Study defines an effective microbicide design for HIV/AIDS prevention

HIV/AIDS Research - Tibotec initiates largest U.S. study examining HIV therapy in treatment-experienced women

HIV/AIDS Screening - HIV ELISA screening of pooled samples does not greatly delay detection

HIV/AIDS Screening - Rapid testing methods increase patient's knowledge of HIV status

HIV/AIDS Screening - Test showed high sensitivity, specificity for HIV antibody in blood and oral fluid

HIV/AIDS Serostatus - HIV serostatus disclosure to children is age-dependent

HIV/AIDS Testing - Perceived control and attitude toward voluntary HIV counseling and testing predict intention of use

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Lipid levels were not increased in patients with HIV taking MK-0518

HIV/AIDS Transmission - Migrant males may transmit HIV to general population in Pakistan

HIV/AIDS Transmission - Rural-urban male migrants in Tanzania regulate behavior in response to HIV knowledge

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Community empowerment and HIV vaccine trial participation are potentially contradictory

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Structural characteristics correlate with immune responses induced by HIV Env vaccines

Hepatitis C Virus - Hepatitis C virus entry inhibited by binding to envelope protein glycans

Hepatitis C Virus - Hepatitis C virus-HIV co-infection neurocognitive functioning clarified

Hepatitis C Virus - Treatment of hepatitis C in HIV/HCV coinfection is complicated by alcohol problems

Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Pathogenesis - Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus K10/10.1 protein may affect mRNA stability in host cells