Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . October 5th, 1998
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Virology - Mouse Hepatitis Virus Strains Examined
Clinical Presentation (CMV) - Encephalitis Presentations Characterized
Drug Pricing - AIDS Groups Protest Pricing of New Dupont Drug
Drug Resistance - HIV gag Gene Mutations Permit Resistance to New PI
Therapy (HCV) - T-Helper Expression Linked to Interferon Response
Virology - TT-Virus Common Among Liver Disease Patients in U.S.
AIDS Vaccines - Could 'Vaccine' Made From Our Own Cells Work Against HIV?
EBV - SM Gene Product Has Two Distinct Activities
HSV - Tegument Proteins May Be Candidate Compounds for Vaccines
Industry News (Influenza) - Intravenous Flu Drug Effective Against Influenza A Virus
Kaposi Sarcoma - Tat Stimulation Activates Signal Transduction Pathways
Rhinovirus (Treatment) - Protease Inhibitor Fights Common Cold
AIDS Therapies (Clinical Trials) - Phase I/II Trials Commence with Anti-HIV Drug
Clinical Trials (HCV) - Phase II VX-497 Clinical Trials of VX-497 for Hepatitis C Begin
Immunology - Primate Research Study Expanded
Protease Inhibitors - Crixivan/RTI Combination Study Arms Discontinued
Virology (Viral Load) - Genotyping Trial Produces Significant Reduction in Viral Load
Drug Toxicity (Antiretroviral) - "Hepatotoxicity Associated with Antiretroviral Therapy among HIV Infected Adults: The Role of Protease Inhibitors and Hepatitis C Infection."
Diagnostics (CMV) - "Predictive Value of Cytomegalovirus (CMV)-PCR and pp-65 for the Detection of CMV-Disease in AIDS Patients (pts.) in the Era of HAART."
Drug Development (Antiviral) - "Transgenic Mouse Lineages with Potential for Testing Antivirals Targeting Hepatitis B Virus."
Drug Interactions (Antiviral) - "Drug-Induced Hepatitis in the Era of HAART."
Dual Infections (HAV/HIV) - "Coincident Hepatitis A in HIV Positive Homosexual Men Taking Anti-Retrovirals Biochemical Outcomes."
Therapy (HIV) - "Inhibition of Lymphoma using Ribonucleotide Reductase Inhibitors (RRIs) in the Murine Model of Immunodeficiency Disease - MAIDS."
Contraception/Vaginal Microbicides - "Aryl Phosphate Derivatives of Bromo-Methoxy-Azidothymidine Are Dual-Function Spermicides with Potent Anti-Human Immunodeficiency Virus."
Epstein-Barr Virus - "Antisense to the Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)-Encoded Latent Membrane Protein 1 (LMP-1) Suppresses LMP-1 and Bcl-2 Expression and Promotes Apoptosis in EBVDAS
Genital Herpes - "Oral Famciclovir for the Suppression of Recurrent Genital Herpes: A Randomized Controlled Trial."
Genital Herpes - "Valaciclovir for the Suppression of Recurrent Genital Herpes Simplex Virus Infection: A Large-Scale Dose Range-Finding Study."
Herpes Simplex Virus 1 - "Recurrent Acyclovir-Resistant Herpes Simplex in an Immunocompromised Patient: Can Strain Differences Compensate for Loss of Thymidine Kinase in Pathogenesis?."
Immunology - "Specific Antiviral Activity Demonstrated by TGTP, a Member of a New Family of Interferon-Induced GTPases."
Respiratory Syncytial Virus - "Circulation Patterns of Genetically Distinct Group A and B Strains of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus in a Community."
Therapy (HBV) - "Tolerance and Antiviral Effects of High-Dose Interferon-alpha B/D in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B."
Therapy (Hepatitis) - "Therapy of Viral Hepatitis."
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