AIDS Weekly articles from January 2000

AIDS Weekly archives from January 2000

Results Show Ampligen Overcomes Viral Resistance.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 10, 2000... 2000 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc. announced that recent independent laboratory test results show potential advantages of its product Ampligen(R) when virologic failure occurs clinically with the presently available...

Partner Acceptance a Primary Determinant of Female Condom Use.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 10, 2000... 2000 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Among women at high risk for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), the female condom is most likely to be used consistently by those whose partners are agreeable to this method of contraception and disease...

Rectal Microbicide Concept Needs Additional Development.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 10, 2000... 2000 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- With improvements, male couples say they would include a rectal microbicide in their HIV/STD preventive regimen. The acceptability of a bioadhesive nonoxynol-9 gel delivered by an applicator as a rectal...

High Throughput Nucleic Acid Amplification Assay System Is Feasible.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 10, 2000... 2000 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers have shown the feasibility of an automated, high sensitivity, and high throughput assay system to concurrently detect HIV and hepatitis viral nucleic acids in plasma samples. Previous reports have...

US Lags in Nationwide Programs Against HIV/AIDS.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 10, 2000... 2000 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Countries as diverse as Switzerland and Thailand outshine the United States in development and implementation of effective nationwide programs against HIV and AIDS, according to recent research. Although small...

Mathematical Model Suggests Years of HAART Necessary.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 10, 2000... 2000 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com) A mathematical model demonstrates that years of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) will be required to clear HIV-1 trapped on follicular dendritic cells (FDC). FDC provide a reservoir for HIV-1. Research...

Combination Therapy Effective in Children.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 10, 2000... 2000 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- An article published in the December 16, 1999, issue of The New England Journal of Medicine concluded that combination HIV therapy with DuPont Pharmaceuticals' Sustiva (efavirenz) plus nelfinavir and two nucleoside...

Treatment Difficult For HIV Infected Street Youth.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 10, 2000... 2000 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Toronto, Canada, street youth are especially vulnerable to HIV infection and their lifestyles hinder efforts to prevent the spread of the disease, says a study in the Journal of Adolescent Health. "One of our...

Treatment for Tuberculosis Does Not Lessen Viral Load.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 10, 2000... 2000 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Sustained, high levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha are associated with failure of HIV-1 plasma load to decline in HIV-1 infected patients being treated for tuberculosis, according to U.S. Centers for Disease...

New Research Helps Predict Clinical Progression to AIDS.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 10, 2000... 2000 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Newly published research led by University of Washington scientists could one day lead to a laboratory test to predict when people infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) are likely to progress to...

Some Nucleoside Analogs Alter Sense of Taste.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 10, 2000... 2000 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Some nucleoside analog medications used to treat HIV infection alter a patient's sense of taste, reported researchers from the United States. "The purpose of this study was to investigate the taste properties...

Natural History of HIV-1 in Rwandan Children Investigated.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 10, 2000... 2000 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers from France conducted a study to compare morbidity and mortality of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infected and HIV-1 uninfected children in Rwanda. The researchers sought to identify...

Satisfaction with Social Support Impacts Adherence.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 10, 2000... 2000 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Patient satisfaction with available social support and patient coping style appears to impact adherence antiretroviral therapy. N. Singh and colleagues assessed the impact of demographic, psychosocial, and...

Violent Behavior Associated with High Number of Sex Partners.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 10, 2000... 2000 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Violent behavior in teenagers is associated with frequent changes in sexual partners which places these teens at an increased risk for HIV, STDs, and pregnancy, reported researchers from the United States. ...

Phase III Trial Data Published.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 10, 2000... 2000 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced the publication of an article in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS) November/December 1999 issue detailing the results of a Ligand-sponsored,...

HIV(+) African American Men Predisposed to HIV Associated Nephropathy.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 10, 2000... 2000 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- African American men with HIV infection are strongly predisposed to developing HIV associated nephropathy (HIVAN). B. Mohammed and colleagues from St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New York provided...

Antibiotic and Antiviral Compounds To Be Featured.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 10, 2000... 2000 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Late-stage antibacterial compounds in clinic will be featured at the Fifth International Antibacterial Drug Discovery & Development Summit, to be held on March 13-14, 2000, in Princeton, New Jersey, announced the...

ACEI Delays Progression of Renal Disease in HIV Patients.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 10, 2000... 2000 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Angiotensin converting-enzyme inhibition (ACEI) therapy delays the progression of renal disease in HIV patients with HIV associated nephropathy (HIVAN). Research has shown that ACEI can reduce proteinuria and...

Glaxo Seeks EU, US Approval for Trizivir.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 10, 2000... 2000 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Britain's Glaxo Wellcome, Plc, said it had submitted regulatory applications for the approval to market Trizivir, its treatment of HIV infection, to the European Union and the United States. The new Trizivir...

Protease Inhibitor Receives Fast Track Designation.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 10, 2000... 2000 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated announced that its partner Glaxo Wellcome has received fast track designation for the HIV protease inhibitor VX-175/GW433908 from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Fast...

Testing System Selected by Australian Red Cross Blood Service To Screen Blood Supply.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 10, 2000... 2000 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Chiron Corporation announced that the Australian Red Cross Blood Service (ARCBS) will use the company's nucleic acid testing (NAT) system to screen the country's entire blood supply for hepatitis C (HCV) and the...

Internet Effective in Improving Patients' Compliance to Drug Treatment.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 10, 2000... 2000 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- The Internet provides powerful tools to help increase treatment compliance among people with chronic conditions, according to findings released by Cyber Dialogue. Data from Cyber Dialogue's Cybercitizen Health...

Acyclovir-Resistant Clinical Strains Are Characterized.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 10, 2000... 2000 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- by Cathy Clark, Senior Editor -- Researchers from France confirmed that 3 areas of thymidine kinase genes from clinical strains of varicella-zoster virus are possible candidates for a genotypic diagnosis of...

American Academy of Pediatrics Publishes Precautions.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 10, 2000... 2000 JAN 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Having the AIDS virus or two other life-threatening blood-borne viral diseases is no reason for an athlete to be forced out of play, the American Academy of Pediatrics advises. Just the same, the physicians'...

Residual Viral Replication Complicates Long-Term Prognosis.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 17, 2000... 2000 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com) Antigen-induced stimulation of the immune system generates heterogeneity in CD4(+) T-cell division rates which helps explain patterns seen in viral load fluctuations during highly active antiretroviral therapy...

Virus Can Alter the Way Genes Function Within Days of Exposure.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 17, 2000... 2000 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- According to a new study published in the January 2000 issue of Virology, genes involved in T-cell signaling, protein trafficking, and transcriptional regulation were among the genes that displayed functional...

Adefovir Lowers Blood Levels of HIV When Added to Combination Therapy.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 17, 2000... 2000 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- For patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) receiving a stable combination antiretroviral therapy, the drug adefovir dipivoxil significantly lowers blood levels of HIV compared to those receiving a placebo...

Maternal Weight May Diminish Effect of Zidovudine.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 17, 2000... 2000 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- High maternal weight and conditions associated with exposing the fetus to maternal blood may lessen zidovudine's beneficial effect, according to a recent study. D. E. Shapiro performed a study to identify...

New Agent Effective Against Multi-Drug Resistant HIV.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 17, 2000... 2000 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Hughes Institute scientists announced the development of a new agent shown to have potent activity against multi-drug resistant strains of HIV. The results of this research were reported in the December 1999...

No Change in Zidovudine Dosage Required during Chemotherapy.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 17, 2000... 2000 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- It does not appear necessary to change the zidovudine dosage in HIV infected patients during chemotherapy, recent study findings suggest. G. Toffoli and colleagues evaluated the perturbations in zidovudine...

Researchers Identify Liver Toxicity Risk of AIDS Drugs.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 17, 2000... 2000 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Ten percent of HIV infected individuals taking antiretroviral drugs experience liver toxicity at a level high enough to warrant stopping treatment, according to new findings by Johns Hopkins University researchers....

Treatment Failure Related to Problems With Patient Compliance and With Drug Potency.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 17, 2000... 2000 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- A rebound in the levels of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is more highly associated with patient adherence to the antiretroviral drug treatment regimen than with drug-resistant mutant strains of HIV, according...

Viral Replication Is Uncontrolled after Stopping HAART.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 17, 2000... 2000 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- by Cathy Clark, Senior Editor -- Until more potent antiretroviral drug regimens and better immune-enhancing strategies are successful, it is unclear whether antiretroviral therapy can be discontinued permanently,...

Different Angiogenesis Pattern in Sarcomas and Carcinomas.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 17, 2000... 2000 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Sarcomas and carcinomas display different angiogenesis patterns, which may be due to the presence of fibroblasts and myofibroblasts in carcinomas, researchers suggested. Solid tumors depend on angiogenesis for...

Campaigns to Stem AIDS Along Trans-Africa Highway Ineffective.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 17, 2000... 2000 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- In the United States, AIDS is increasingly seen as a chronic disease that can be treated for years with new drug combinations. No longer is the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS, seen as a death...

Emotional Distress, Burnout Common in AIDS Caregivers.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 17, 2000... 2000 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Emotional distress and occupational burnout occurs in healthcare professionals serving patients with HIV/AIDS, suggests a study from Spain. "The present paper examines the levels of emotional distress and...

Adding Ciprofloxacin Improves Clarithromycin/Ethambutol Therapy.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 17, 2000... 2000 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Adding ciprofloxacin to clarithromycin/ethambutol combination antibiotic therapy improves survival in patients with Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC), researchers from the United States reported. "Disseminated...

Oral Candida dubliniensis is a Clinically Important Species.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 17, 2000... 2000 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Oral Candida dubliniensis is a clinically important opportunistic pathogen that affects HIV seropositive patients in the United States. "Interest in Candida dubliniensis has led to renewed clinical...

Magnetic Resonance Not Useful in PML.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 17, 2000... 2000 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Findings from magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is not useful for patient management nor is it predictive of patient survival in AIDS patients with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, suggests a study from...

Improved Survival in HIV Infected Hemodialysis Patients.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 17, 2000... 2000 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) improves the survival of HIV infected hemodialysis (HD) patients, reported researchers from the United States. "HIV infected HD patients have a very high morbidity...

Method of Dialysis Does Not Affect Mortality Rate.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 17, 2000... 2000 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Mortality rates are the same in HIV patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) who are treated with either hemodialysis (HD) or peritoneal dialysis (PD), researchers from the United States reported. Mahesh...

Antibiotic, Antiviral Drug Discovery and Clinical Development Conferences Announced.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 17, 2000... 2000 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Back-to-back conferences featuring the latest pharmaceutical research advances in antibiotic and antiviral discovery and clinical development will take place in Princeton, New Jersey, Strategic Research Institute...

AIDS Overwhelms South Africa Hospitals.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 17, 2000... 2000 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- The AIDS epidemic is overwhelming South Africa so badly that some public hospitals are turning people away, limiting treatment, and forcing doctors to make hard decisions about whom to save. Looking for...

Merck Initiates Naked DNA HIV Vaccine Trial.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 17, 2000... 2000 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com) -- Vical Inc. announced the initiation by Merck & Co. Inc. of a Phase I clinical trial testing a naked DNA vaccine to prevent infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes the acquired...

Relapse is Rapid after Cessation of Therapy.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 24, 2000... 2000 JAN 24 - (NewsRx.com) Relapse is rapid after the cessation of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), reported researchers from the United States. In order to develop long-term treatment strategies for patients with HIV-1...

AIDS Patients May See Transient TB Worsening.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 24, 2000... 2000 JAN 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- AIDS patients with tuberculosis often experience a worsening of chest radiographs after beginning antiretroviral therapy. Immune function and inflammatory responses often increase in AIDS patients who receive...

Activated CD8 Cells Are Good Immunological Marker.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 24, 2000... 2000 JAN 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Activated CD8 T-cells in lymphoid tissue provide an excellent immunological marker for virological response to antiretroviral therapy, according to a report from Norway. A. M. Dyrholriise and colleagues studied...

Genotype Predicts Virologic Response.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 24, 2000... 2000 JAN 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- HIV-1 genotype predicts virologic response to therapy after failed protease inhibitor antiretroviral therapy, according to a report from the United States. Tests for resistance to HIV drugs are available for...

Hepatic Cytolysis Frequent among Patients Treated with HAART.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 24, 2000... 2000 JAN 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Hepatic cytolysis occurred more often among AIDS patients treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy than with nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, according to a report from France. M. Saves...

HAART Useful in HIV(+) Patients with Hepatitis.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 24, 2000... 2000 JAN 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Antiretroviral treatment is not contraindicated in patients coinfected with HIV and hepatitis B or C, despite an increased incidence of therapy-related hepatotoxcity in these patients. The use of...

Dramatic Increases in HCV Disease Expected in US.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 24, 2000... 2000 JAN 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- An epidemic of hepatitis C-related disease is expected in the US during the next few years and middle class drug users are as much at risk as the poor. Hepatitis C (HCV) is an indolent and often fatal disease...

Study Finds HIV Infection Differs in Men, Women.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 24, 2000... 2000 JAN 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Women may be infected by the HIV virus in a different way than men, according to a study published in the journal Nature, suggesting it could be even harder to develop a vaccine that would work well on women. ...

Glycoprotein Incorporation Into Retroviral Particles Explored.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 24, 2000... 2000 JAN 24 - (NewsRx.com) Contrary to previous research, glycoproteins with long cytoplasmic C-terminal regions can be incorporated into retroviral particles, report researchers from Germany. Previous studies have indicated that...

Promising New Class of Vaccines Discovered.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 24, 2000... 2000 JAN 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc, announced an important scientific discovery that may significantly help in the development of an effective vaccine against HIV. The finding is described in the Journal of...

HIV-1-TAT Transfected Cells to Undergo Apoptosis.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 24, 2000... 2000 JAN 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- HIV-1 Tat protein may be involved in the lymphocyte depletion seen in AIDS patients, researchers from Spain reported. "The effects of HIV-1 Tat protein on mitochondria membrane permeability and apoptosis were...

Initial Biological Characteristics Are Good Predictors of Outcome.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 24, 2000... 2000 JAN 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- In untreated infants, initial HIV-1 biological characteristics are better predictors of progression to death than viral load. S. Resino and colleagues assessed the immunological and virological markers as...

Invasive Amoebiasis is an Emerging Parasitic Disease.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 24, 2000... 2000 JAN 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Invasive amoebiasis is an emerging parasitic disease in patients infected with HIV in an area endemic for amoebic infection, reported researchers from Taiwan. "We sought to describe the incidence and...

Alloreactive CD4(+) T Cells Inhibit HIV-1.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 24, 2000... 2000 JAN 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Alloreactive CD4(+) T cells have an anti-HIV characteristic independent of their cytokine and chemokine receptor expression, reported researchers from England. "There have been reports suggesting that an immune...

Kidney Biopsy Needed to Adequately Diagnose HIVAN.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 24, 2000... 2000 JAN 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Clinical variables alone are not enough to differentiate HIV associated nephropathy (HIVAN) from other renal diseases, research from the United States suggests. "It has been suggested that HIVAN can be...

Structural Pharmacogenomic Databases for HIV Drug Development Launched.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 24, 2000... 2000 JAN 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Privately-held Structural Bioinformatics Inc., and Quest Diagnostics Inc., a provider of diagnostic testing, information, and services, announced the availability of 2 structural pharmacogenomic databases targeted...

Thais Worried by AIDS Risk Among Teenagers.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 24, 2000... 2000 JAN 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Thailand is on the right track in its fight against AIDS but there are signs of a rise in teenage infections, its National AIDS Committee said. Committee spokesman Somtrong Rakphoa said Thailand had been...

NIAID Renews Funding for the Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Group.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 24, 2000... 2000 JAN 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- The US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has renewed funding for the Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Group (AACTG), the largest clinical trials network in the world. Under the new award,...

Newspapers Report UK Blood Test May Transform HIV Treatment.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 24, 2000... 2000 JAN 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- British scientists have developed a blood test that may transform HIV treatment around the world and end up saving millions of lives, newspapers in London reported in late December 1999. They said the test,...

Black Men in US Represent Increasing Proportion of AIDS Cases Among Gays, Bisexuals.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 24, 2000... 2000 JAN 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Men of color now account for a greater proportion of AIDS cases among men who have sex with men than do white men. Based on an examination of US AIDS cases over the past decade, a U.S. Centers for Disease...

CDC Publishes Guidelines for Improved Data on US HIV Epidemic.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 24, 2000... 2000 JAN 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published guidelines in December 1999 on national HIV surveillance to assist states in the design and implementation of effective systems to monitor the course of...

US Pledges $150 Million to Help Against AIDS.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 24, 2000... 2000 JAN 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- US vice president Al Gore, presiding over his first United Nations Security Council session on January 10, 2000, announced $150 million in stepped-up US contributions in the worldwide battle against AIDS,...

Supreme Court Allows Insurance Company to Provide Less Health Care Coverage for AIDS-Related Illnesses.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 24, 2000... 2000 JAN 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- The Supreme Court of the US, rejecting allegations of illegal bias, has allowed an insurance company to provide less health care coverage for AIDS-related illnesses than for other conditions under the same policy....

Hospitals Aren't Isolating At-Risk HIV Patients.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 31, 2000... 2000 JAN 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- by Salynn Boyles, Senior Editor -- Hospitals are routinely failing to isolate patients with HIV related pneumonia even though these patients are at increased risk for tuberculosis. Despite awareness of...

Early Viral Reduction May Not Affect Resting Energy Expenditure.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 31, 2000... 2000 JAN 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- Protease inhibitor therapy improved body composition and metabolic parameters in patients with HIV infection, according to research from Austria. H. Pernerstorferschoen and colleagues performed a study to...

Updated Treatment Guidelines for HIV Infection Announced.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 31, 2000... 2000 JAN 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- Updated guidelines for treating HIV disease in adults that take into account the availability of new antiretroviral drugs and expanded therapy choices were released by an international group of AIDS...

Infectious Outbreaks Among Drug Users Studied.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 31, 2000... 2000 JAN 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- Outbreaks of tuberculosis, diphtheria, and cholera among intravenous drug users in eastern Europe point to the need for greater infection control measures. HIV infection rates have also skyrocketed among...

Prevention Policies May be Missing the Mark in Spain.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 31, 2000... 2000 JAN 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- Changes in heroin use patterns may affect HIV risk factors for drug abusers in Spain, suggested researchers from that country. "The switch from intravenous heroin administration to smoking of heroin might...

Adenoidal Tissue Mass as a Clinical Guide of HIV Evolution.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 31, 2000... 2000 JAN 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- Measuring adenoidal tissue mass can be used as a clinical guide of disease evolution in vertically HIV 1 infected children, researchers from Spain reported. "It is known that in early-stage HIV induced...

Lymphocyte Proliferation Assays May Underestimate Antigen Responsiveness.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 31, 2000... 2000 JAN 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- Lymphocyte proliferation assays may underestimate antigen responsiveness in HIV infected patients, suggested a study from the United States. "The objective of this study was to examine the relationships...

Emergency Medical Techs Need More TB, AIDS Training.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 31, 2000... 2000 JAN 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- Emergency medical technicians need more training on the transmission of infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, hepatitis, and AIDS, a study from the United States finds. Researcher F. Mencl and...

Hemophilia Cohort Exhibits Long-Term HIV Nonprogression.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 31, 2000... 2000 JAN 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- According to a study from the United States, 7 long-term nonprogressors (LTNPs) have been identified in a cohort of 128 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 infected individuals with hemophilia. "Studies...

C. albicans Adheres to Human Buccal Epithelial Cells.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 31, 2000... 2000 JAN 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- The adherence of Candida albicans to buccal epithelial cells (BEC) in patients with HIV infection determines its infectivity, reported researchers from Hong Kong. "Adherence to host surfaces is an...

Nonmedical Needs Need to Be Addressed for HIV Patients.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 31, 2000... 2000 JAN 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- A variety of nonmedical needs may need to be addressed to ensure that HIV infected patients receive the medical care required. W. E. Cunningham and colleagues conducted a study to examine whether...

Lack of Lymphatic Vascular Specificity of VEGFR-3 Found.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 31, 2000... 2000 JAN 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- According to a study from the United States, there is a lack of lymphatic vascular specificity of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 3 (VEGFR-3) in vascular tumors. "Among the molecules important...

HAART Improves T Helper Cell Dynamics.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 31, 2000... 2000 JAN 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- HAART improves T helper cell responses to bacterial and viral antigens excluding HIV, reported researchers from The Netherlands. "To study CD8 kinetics we used class I A2 HIV peptide tetrameric...

Organic Cation Transporter Mediates ZDV Uptake.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 31, 2000... 2000 JAN 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- An organic cation transporter mediates zidovudine (ZDV) uptake in the central nervous system, researchers from Canada reported. "In the central nervous system, HIV-1 infects predominantly macrophages and...

Tyrosine Linked Prodrug Improves Nasal Delivery.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 31, 2000... 2000 JAN 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- A tyrosine linked prodrug approach can be used to optimize nasal delivery of zidovudine (AZT), reported researchers from the United States. "Previous studies have demonstrated that nasal absorption of...

Persons Over 50 Risk HIV Infection Via Unprotected Sex.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 31, 2000... 2000 JAN 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- Persons over 50 years of age are not receiving the message about risk factors for HIV infection, reported researchers from the United States. "Although the incidence of AIDS cases in persons over 50 has...

Allo-Immunization Elicits CD8(+) T-Cell Derived Chemokines.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 31, 2000... 2000 JAN 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- Allo-immunization of pregnant women against spontaneous recurrent abortion elicits resistance to HIV, reported researchers from the United Kingdom. "We assessed the potential for an allogeneic-based...