HIV/AIDS
New HIV/AIDS study findings have been reported from J.S. Affandi et al
Published in AIDS Weekly, January 5th, 2009
According to recent research published in the journal AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, "A toxic sensory neuropathy associated with exposure to inexpensive nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) [particularly stavudine (d4T)] causes dilemmas in the management of patients with HIV, especially in resource-poor settings. Here patients (n = 96) attending Pokdisus AIDS Clinic at the Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta who had been treated with d4T were screened for symptomatic neuropathy."
"Clinical, demographic, and genetic factors were considered as possible neuropathy risk factors. DNA from saliva was used to examine alleles of TNFA-308,...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2009-01-05)
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