AIDS Weekly articles from December 1993

AIDS Weekly archives from December 1993

AIDS vaccines could enhance HIV infection, researchers say. (University of California, San Francisco)
December 27, 1993... University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), AIDS researchers are concerned that experimental vaccines designed to prevent HIV infection and combat the virus might actually in some cases make it easier for some viruses to infect an...

Trimetrexate glucuronate cleared as PCP therapy. (Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia) (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
December 27, 1993... On December 17, 1993, NeuTrexin (trimetrexate glucuronate for injection) with concurrent Leucovorin protection was released for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). NeuTrexin is indicated as an alternative therapy for...

Best PCP prophylaxis still in doubt after clinical trial. (Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia) (Washington, D.C.)
December 27, 1993... Results from a large clinical trial comparing three different drug regimens did not provide a definitive answer to the question of how best to prevent Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP). Previous studies have suggested that the...

Awareness of HIV serostatus decreases incidence of PCP. (Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia) (United Kingdom)
December 27, 1993... The awareness of HIV serostatus decreases the incidence of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) as the initial AIDS-defining diagnosis, according to a report from the United Kingdom ("Changing Incidence of Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia as...

HemaCare releases progress report on AIDS research project. (HemaCare Corp.; Immupath hyperimmune plasma) (California)
December 27, 1993... HemaCare Corporation, Los Angeles, California, released a status report on patients who have continued to be treated in the company's clinical trial of Immupath for one year following the completion of Phase I/II clinical trials. ...

Initial clinical results for new AIDS treatment reported. (targeting interferon alpha in plasma) (Maryland)
December 27, 1993... Advanced Biotherapy Concepts Inc., Rockville, Maryland, announced the completion of an important first step of a new therapeutic intervention for AIDS. Initial clinical testing of this treatment was conducted at the University of...

Drug-resistant HIV linked to disease progression. (Washington, D.C.)
December 27, 1993... People with drug-resistant strains of HIV are three times as likely to die as those with other strains, researchers say. The finding could spur development of drugs that attack the virus differently. Researchers began to detect...

Agency tries to dispel AIDS fears. (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
December 27, 1993... Scientists are warning against overreaction to the first discovered case of an AIDS patient infecting other patients in a doctor's office. But even as they seek to reassure the public, they're frustrated that a doctor, whose poor...

Agency details findings in peer-to-peer HIV transmission case. (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
December 27, 1993... The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have released their findings on a case of peer-to -peer HIV transmission involving two brothers with hemophilia (see AIDS Weekly, December 13, 1993, page 4). The findings of...

Researchers make mouse/human model of HIV brain changes. (AIDS-related encephalitis) (Johns Hopkins)
December 27, 1993... Researchers at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, have developed the first animal model of AIDS-related encephalitis, a brain inflammation that includes both human tissues and HIV. The model should clarify how the virus causes...

High HIV prevalence doesn't deter risky sex among heterosexuals. (University of California, San Francisco)
December 27, 1993... A series of University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), studies in U.S. cities with the most AIDS cases finds alarming rates of risky sexual behavior among heterosexuals. Four separate studies - all part of the National AIDS...

New drugs not answer to AIDS-related MDR-TB. (multidrug resistant tuberculosis) (California)
December 27, 1993... The current delivery system for tuberculosis drugs ensures that resistance to newly identified chemotherapeutic agents will occur in those with multidrug-resistant (MDR) disease, says a researcher from San Francisco's Pacific Medical Center...

Thiacetazone-free anti-TB regimens necessary. (tuberculosis) (World Health Organization)
December 27, 1993... Thiacetazone-free anti-tuberculosis regimens should be the goal for all countries, according to a report from the World Health Organization (WHO). The report acknowledges that poorer countries, where thiacetazone is still widely...

CP-38 inactivates viruses in blood products. (psoralen molecule) (California)
December 27, 1993... Cryopharm Corporation, Pasadena, California, has demonstrated that the company's light-activated, proprietary viral decontamination technology can selectively rid platelets, a critical human blood component, of viral contaminants, including...

Employment correlates with condom use in HIV-negative women. (New Jersey)
December 27, 1993... An HIV-negative woman involved in a sexual relationship with an HIV-positive man is more likely to use a condom during sex if she is employed, according to a study in the November 1993 issue of AIDS ("Psychological Distress, Drug and...

Rifabutin is effective for treatment of murine toxoplasmosis. (Research Report)
December 27, 1993... According to an abstract presented by the authors to a Joint Session of the Central Society for Clinical Research, the Midwest Section American Federation for Clinical Research, the Midwest Society for Pediatric Research, and the Central...

High incidence of gram-negative catheter-associated bacteremia in HIV(+) patients. (Research Report)
December 27, 1993... According to an abstract presented by the authors to a Joint Session of the Central Society for Clinical Research, the Midwest Section American Federation for Clinical Research, the Midwest Society for Pediatric Research, and the Central...

A comparison of injection practices of drug users by HIV serostatus before and after detox in Puerto Rico. (Research Report)
December 27, 1993... According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 121st Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, held October 24-28, 1993, in San Francisco, California, "Objective: To determine changes in injection practices from...

Behavioral characteristics and serostatus of pairs of injecting drug partners with an HIV-negative member. (Research Report)
December 27, 1993... According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 121st Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, held October 24-28, 1993, in San Francisco, California, "Objective: To describe the risk behaviors and relationships...

Epidemiology of dual infection with tuberculosis (Tb) and HIV in Harlem. (Research Report)
December 27, 1993... According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 33rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, held October 17-20, 1993, in New Orleans, Louisiana, "To assess the impact and trend of the Tb/HIV epidemic in...

Tuberculin testing in an inner city methadone clinic. (Research Report)
December 27, 1993... According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 33rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, held October 17-20, 1993, in New Orleans, Louisiana, "Concern over the rising incidence of tuberculosis has...

The growth and development of children with vertically-acquired HIV infection. (Research Report)
December 27, 1993... According to an abstract presented by the authors during a plenary session of the 2nd International Conference on HIV in Children and Mothers held September 7-10, 1993 in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, "Objectives: To determine the effects of...

Medication monitors for selecting patients who need directly observed treatment. (Research Report)
December 27, 1993... According to an abstract presented by the authors to the Multi-Drug Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Advances in Vaccines, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Development conference, held September 8-10, 1993, in Washington, D.C., "The...

MR of head and neck adenopathy in asymptomatic HIV-seropositive men. (magnetic resonance imaging) (Periodical Report) (Abstract)
December 27, 1993... According to the authors' abstract of an article published in the American Journal of Neuroradiology, "Purpose: Adenopathy is a well-known component of AIDS -related complex. Our goal was to determine whether asymptomatic HIV-infected persons...

A new bedside test of cognition for patients with HIV infection. (Periodical Report) (Abstract)
December 27, 1993... According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Annals of Internal Medicine, "Objective: To compare the Mental Alternation Test, a new 60-second bedside test of cognition, with the Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) and the...

Prostitution, HIV and cervical neoplasia - a survey in Spain and Colombia. (Periodical Report) (Abstract)
December 27, 1993... According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, "The prevalence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and the association of CIN with prostitution was examined in Oviedo, a region...

Conformational changes induced in the envelope glycoproteins of the human and simian immunodeficiency viruses by soluble receptor binding. (Periodical Report) (Abstract)
December 27, 1993... According to the authors' abstract of an article published in the Journal of Virology, "We have investigated the molecular basis of biological differences observed among cell line-adapted isolates of the human immunodeficiency virus types 1 and...

Human immunodeficiency virus type-1 pol gene mutations in an AIDS patient treated with multiple antiretroviral drugs. (Periodical Report) (Abstract)
December 27, 1993... According to the authors' abstract of an article published in the Journal of Virology, "Multiple mutations were found in the human immunodeficiency virus pol gene following treatment of an AIDS patient with antiretroviral drugs. After...

HIV-associated immune-mediated renal disease. (Periodical Report) (Abstract)
December 27, 1993... According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Kidney International, "Although focal glomerulosclerosis is the most common renal disease, other proliferative glomerulonephritides are encountered in HIV-infected patients. We...

Genetic relationships determined by a DNA heteroduplex mobility assay - analysis of HIV-1 env genes. (Periodical Report) (Abstract)
December 27, 1993... According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Science, "The genetic diversity of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a major concern thought to impact on immunologic escape and eventual vaccine efficacy. Here, simple and...

Small study provides clues to HIV, but AIDS experts critical. (California)
December 20, 1993... Researchers say they found 12 people whose urine tested positive for antibodies to HIV though their blood was negative. They suggested this might be a clue to designing AIDS vaccines. But other AIDS experts criticized the report as...

Conference highlights HIV testing, transmission issues. (First National Conference on Human Retroviruses, Washington D.C.)
December 20, 1993... Highlights of the First National Conference on Human Retroviruses and Related Infections, held in Washington, D.C., December 12-16, 1993, included new tests that may determine the exact amount of HIV in a patient's bloodstream, follow-up...

Researchers report treatment advance. (treatment of AIDS)(France)
December 20, 1993... Swapping antibody-rich blood plasma between AIDS patients appears to significantly slow the advance of the disease, French researchers reported December 15, 1993. The approach, passive immunotherapy, reduced the number of new AIDS...

First patient-to-patient HIV transmission reported. (Australia)
December 20, 1993... A Sydney, Australia, doctor who infected four women in the world's first known patient-to-patient transfer of HIV is reported to be distraught and has voluntarily stopped practicing. A medical board will determine if there was any...

Infections climb to two-thirds of world total, conferees told. (HIV infection)(Africa)
December 20, 1993... HIV infections in the continent of Africa rose by 1.5 million in 1993, according to Dr. Michael Merson of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Global Program on AIDS. The number raises the estimated total of African HIV infections...

Blood component could help immune cells fight AIDS. (U.S. National Cancer Institute)
December 20, 1993... U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) scientists have succeeded in restoring normal immune responses to cultured cells from HIV-infected donors. The scientists used a natural blood substance, interleukin-12 (IL-12), which will be tested in...

HIV therapy recommendations issued. (U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
December 20, 1993... HIV-infected patients and their physicians must be aware of the benefits, toxicities, limitations and knowledge gaps about antiretroviral drugs when making decisions concerning treatments, according to recommendations published in the...

Acyclovir-resistant genital herpes found in person with healthy immune system. (U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
December 20, 1993... Researchers at the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) report the first documented case of recurrent genital herpes in a person with a healthy immune system whose repeated outbreaks were not suppressed by oral...

Irish citizens sue U.S. drug firms over HIV-contaminated products. (New York)
December 20, 1993... An Irish hemophiliac who has AIDS has sued three American drug companies, charging that they sold him a blood clotting product that was contaminated with HIV. The $45 million suit, filed in Manhattan's state Supreme Court, charged...

HIV class action launched to serve people affected by tainted blood supply. (Canada)
December 20, 1993... Siskind, Cromarty, Ivey and Dowler has commenced a Class Action on behalf of persons infected with HIV as a result of receiving tainted blood and blood products in the province of Ontario, Canada. C. Scott Ritchie, Q.C., a senior...

Red Cross to inspect Austrian blood-products manufacturer. (Canada)
December 20, 1993... A team of Red Cross officials left for Vienna, Austria, to inspect the manufacturing records of one of its suppliers, the Canadian Red Cross said. On November 19, 1993, Health Canada sent out an ALERT on the withdrawal of certain...

Initial clinical results for new AIDS treatment announced. (University of Nebraska)
December 20, 1993... Advanced Biotherapy Concepts Inc., Rockville, Maryland, announced the completion of an important first step of a new therapeutic intervention for AIDS. Initial clinical testing of this treatment was conducted at the University of Nebraska...

Costimulatory properties of the human CD4 molecule: enhancement of CD3-induced T-cell activation by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 through viral envelope glycoprotein gp120. (Research Report)
December 20, 1993... According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 5th International Conference on Human Leukocyte Differentiation Antigens, held November 3-7, 1993, in Boston, Massachusetts, "This study was designed to investigate the T-cell...

Both immature thymocytes and thymic dendritic cells (DC) are susceptible to HIV-1 infection. (Research Report)
December 20, 1993... According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 5th International Conference on Human Leukocyte Differentiation Antigens, held November 3-7, 1993, in Boston, Massachusetts, "Hypothesis: Multiple mechanisms have been demonstrated to...

Use of human brain cell aggregates for neurobiological studies. (Research Report)
December 20, 1993... According to an abstract presented by the author to a conference entitled Technical Advances in AIDS Research in the Human Nervous System held October 4-5, 1993, in Washington, D.C., "The neuroscientist has several options of how to study...

Sequence analysis of V3 and reverse transcriptase from paired HIV-1 isolates from blood and CSF. (cerebral spinal fluid)(Research Report)
December 20, 1993... According to an abstract presented by the author to a conference entitled Technical Advances in AIDS Research in the Human Nervous System held October 4-5, 1993, in Washington, D.C., "The spread of HIV-1 to the nervous system occurs early...

The utility of PCR in situ hybridization for the detection of HIV-1 DNA and RNA. (polymerase chain reaction)(Research Report)
December 20, 1993... According to an abstract presented by the author to a conference entitled Technical Advances in AIDS Research in the Human Nervous System held October 4-5, 1993, in Washington, D.C., "A major impediment to the study of HIV-1 infection in...

Polymerase chain reaction for donor screening. (Research Report)
December 20, 1993... According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 17th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Tissue Banks in association with the European Association of Tissue Banks and the Asia-Pacific Association of Surgical Tissue...

ddI as an effective alternative for the treatment of AZT-resistant HIV-associated thrombocytopenia. (didanosine)(Research Report)
December 20, 1993... According to an abstract presented by the authors during a plenary session of the 2nd International Conference on HIV in Children and Mothers held September 7-10, 1993, in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, "Introduction: Thrombocytopenia is a...

Connection between HIV infection and infant abuse and neglect. (Research Report)
December 20, 1993... According to an abstract presented by the authors during a plenary session of the 2nd International Conference on HIV in Children and Mothers held September 7-10, 1993, in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, "The children born of HIV-infected...

Cortisol levels, immune status, and mood in homosexual men with and without HIV infection. (Periodical Report) (Abstract)
December 20, 1993... According to the authors' abstract of an article published in American Journal of Psychiatry, "Objective: Alteration in cortisol levels has been reported in HIV infection and may be related to levels of psychiatric distress and immune function....

In vitro and in vivo activities of the hydroxynaphthoquinone atovaquone alone or combined with pyrimethamine, sulfadiazine, clarithromycin, or minocycline against Toxoplasma gondii. (Periodical Report) (Abstract)
December 20, 1993... According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, "The efficacy of atovaquone alone or combined with pyrimethamine, sulfadiazine, clarithromycin and minocycline was examined in vitro and in a...

Quality of laboratory performance in testing for human immunodeficiency virus type-1 antibody - identification of variables associated with laboratory performance. (Periodical Report) (Abstract)
December 20, 1993... According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, "To identify factors that may affect the quality of laboratory performance of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) antibody...

Solution oligomerization of the Rev protein of HIV-1 - implications for function. (Periodical Report) (Abstract)
December 20, 1993... According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Biochemistry, "Rev is an RNA-binding protein of human immunodeficiency virus-1 and is required for the expression of incompletely spliced viral transcripts. Oligomerization of Rev is...

AIDS in Haiti - 1982-1992. (Periodical Report) (Abstract)
December 20, 1993... According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, "Haiti was one of the first countries where AIDS was recognized, a burden that led to the stigmatization of an entire nation resulting in serious...

Prevention of infections in patients with T-cell defects. (Periodical Report) (Abstract)
December 20, 1993... According to the author's abstract of an article published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, "Although no specific infection is limited entirely to hosts with T -lymphocyte defects, certain microbial organisms have an affinity for such...

Helistat absorbable collagen hemostatic sponges in cutaneous surgery in HIV-1+ patients. (Periodical Report) (Abstract)
December 20, 1993... According to the authors' abstract of an article published in International Journal of Dermatology, "Background: While biopsies are often required for adequate diagnosis of skin lesions in HIV-1 infected patients, these procedures result in...

Human immunodeficiency virus seropositivity in adolescents with syphilis. (Periodical Report) (Abstract)
December 20, 1993... According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Pediatrics, "Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between syphilis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among inner -city, minority group...

AIDS experts try to explain new cases of child-to-child transmission. (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
December 13, 1993... Experts at the U.S. Centers for Control and Prevention's (CDC) National AIDS Hotline say callers are reflecting concern about reports of two uprecedented cases of HIV transmission, but say they're not revising any information they're...

Protease inhibitors: early trials promising. (experimental AIDS drugs) (U.S. National Institutes of Health)
December 13, 1993... Protease inhibitors - a new class of experimental AIDS drugs that are the latest, greatest hope of the research community - have shown promise in early clinical trials. Researchers from two of the more than 20 firms racing to develop...

Director urges development of HIV integrase inhibitors. (Harold Varmus) (U.S. National Institutes of Health)
December 13, 1993... Newly appointed U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Harold Varmus urged AIDS researchers to consider the integrase of HIV as a target for new AIDS therapies. In his first address to the assembled AIDS Clinical Trials...

Nutritional status influences survival independently of CD4 counts. (University of Pennsylvania)
December 13, 1993... The nutritional status of patients with HIV infection influences their survival independently of CD4 cell counts, report researchers from the University of Pennsylvania. The research, entitled "Relationships among Nutritional Status,...

CD4 response to AZT a reliable predictor of survival, study finds. (Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study)
December 13, 1993... The CD4 response to AZT (zidovudine), characterized by initially improved CD4 cell counts, has a significant prognostic value for the clinical outcomes of AIDS and survival, according to a team of researchers. Neil M.H. Graham of...

Diarrhea is main cause of death among HIV-positive infants. (Zaire)
December 13, 1993... In Zaire, HIV-infected infants have an 11-fold increased risk of death from diarrhea, especially persistent diarrhea, according to a report in the December 2, 1993, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The researchers wrote...

Survey finds 10 percent underreporting of AIDS. (Pennsylvania)
December 13, 1993... Even under conditions favorable to AIDS reporting, approximately 10 percent of people with AIDS go unreported, according to researchers from Pennsylvania. The bulk of the unreported patients were inadvertently omitted by their...

More AIDS patients electing to die at home. (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
December 13, 1993... More AIDS patients are electing to die at home, or in hospice or nursing home care environments, according to researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the AIDS Mortality Project Group. Such a...

Agency establishing private foundation to raise funds. (National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc.) (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
December 13, 1993... The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is establishing a private, non-profit foundation to supplement its budget. "It's really designed to get some external support for the mission of the CDC," said Martha Katz, the...

Clinton plan inhibiting investment, biotech firms say. (health reform plan) (Biotechnology Industry Organization)
December 13, 1993... Four out of ten biotechnology firms say that the Clinton healthcare package will inhibit their growth, according to a survey conducted by the Biotechnology Industry Organization. The companies said that the Clinton proposals weaken...

HPV infection prevalent among drug-addicted HIV-positive prostitutes. (human papillomavirus) (Netherlands)
December 13, 1993... In a sample of prostitutes addicted to hard drugs, researchers from the Netherlands found that HIV infection was associated with a higher prevalence of infection with human papilloma virus (HPV). The study, entitled "Cervical HPV...

No U.S. citizens received tainted blood. (Germany)
December 13, 1993... No U.S. citizens received tainted blood from the company at the center of Germany's AIDS scandal, the U.S. military said. German officials, meanwhile, said tests of suspected blood haven't turned up any new contamination from HIV. ...

Advisory committee approves gene therapy experiment against AIDS. (Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee) (U.S. National Institutes of Health)
December 13, 1993... An experimental vaccine that uses a mouse virus to help the human body fight HIV was approved for testing by an advisory committee to the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Richard Haubrich of the University of California,...

Gene therapy could be helpful in finding vaccine for AIDS. (U.S. National Cancer Institute)
December 13, 1993... A top AIDS researcher says gene therapy might be one of the most promising avenues for finding a vaccine for the disease. Robert Gallo, an AIDS researcher at the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) in Bethesda, Maryland, also said in...

AIDS vaccine trials continue, so far the results are poor. (World Health Organization)
December 13, 1993... By the year 2000 the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that up to 40 million people will have been infected with HIV, 90 percent of them in the developing world. The pandemic can be slowed through safe sex practices including...

Ethics of AIDS vaccine trials under scrutiny. (United Kingdom)
December 13, 1993... People in developing countries will form the bulk of test subjects in AIDS vaccine trials but may not reap the benefits, according to a study published by the London -based Panos Institute. The World Health Organization (WHO)...

Serologic, virologic and immunologic studies in acute HIV-1 infection. (Research Report)
December 13, 1993... According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 5th International Conference on Human Leukocyte Differentiation Antigens, held November 3-7, 1993, in Boston, Massachusetts, "Background: We describe one patient with symptomatic...

CD4 epitope masking by gp120 on lymphocytes from HIV-1-infected patients? (Research Report)
December 13, 1993... According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 5th International Conference on Human Leukocyte Differentiation Antigens, held November 3-7, 1993, in Boston, Massachusetts, "Aim: The 120 kDa glycoprotein of HIV (gp120) binds to...

Practicing physicians in Georgia - what models of ethical reasoning do they utilize when treating HIV/AIDS patients? (Research Report)
December 13, 1993... According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 121st Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, held October 24-28, 1993, in San Francisco, California, "The Emory University Center for Ethics in Public Policy and...

Changes in injection behaviors of drug users in methadone treatment by duration of treatment, knowledge of serostatus, and HIV CT, in New England. (HIV counseling and testing services) (Research Report)
December 13, 1993... According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 121st Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, held October 24-28, 1993, in San Francisco, California, "Objectives: To determine the effect of treatment duration,...

Monitoring effectiveness of anti-HIV therapy in children with enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISPOT) assays - comparison with p24 immune complex dissociation (ICD) and CD4+ lymphocytes. (Research Reports)
December 13, 1993... According to an abstract presented by the authors during a plenary session of the 2nd International Conference on HIV in Children and Mothers held September 7-10, 1993 in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, "Introduction: Various surrogate...

Pediatric AIDS in Europe not attributable to mother to child transmission: a diminishing problem? (Research Reports)
December 13, 1993... According to an abstract presented by the authors during a plenary session of the 2nd International Conference on HIV in Children and Mothers held September 7-10, 1993 in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, "Introduction: A significant part of the...

Clinical management of HIV in children: a Latin American perspective. (Research Reports)
December 13, 1993... According to an abstract presented by the authors during a plenary session of the 2nd International Conference on HIV in Children and Mothers held September 7-10, 1993 in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, "Introduction: In 1992 PAHO brought...

Previous miscarriage/therapeutic abortion associated with increased risk of mother-to-child HIV transmission. (Research Reports)
December 13, 1993... According to an abstract presented by the authors during a plenary session of the 2nd International Conference on HIV in Children and Mothers held September 7-10, 1993 in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, "Introduction: Both biological and...

A nosocomial outbreak of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium bovis among HIV-infected patients - a case control study. (Periodical Report) (Abstract)
December 13, 1993... According to the authors' abstract of an article published in AIDS, "Objective: To identify risk factors in a nosocomial outbreak of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium bovis (MDRMB) tuberculosis (TB) among HIV -infected patients. Design: We...

Cellular immune factors associated with mother-to-infant transmission of HIV. (Periodical Report) (Abstract)
December 13, 1993... According to the authors' abstract of an article published in AIDS, "Objective: To study a possible correlate of protection in mother-to-infant transmission of HIV infection. In particular, to determine whether lack of HIV-specific T-helper...