AIDS Vaccine Week articles from January 2003

AIDS Vaccine Week archives from January 2003

Rapid reconstitution of humoral immunity against CMV but not HIV seen after HAART.
January 27, 2003... 2003 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in England conducted a study "to determine the kinetics of reduction in human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) load and specific anti-glycoprotein B (gB) immune responses in patients with concurrent...

T-cell responses induced in humans immunized with a env/rev-containing DNA vaccine.
January 27, 2003... 2003 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the United States, "an effective HIV-1 vaccine will likely need to induce strong cell-mediated immunity in humans. Therefore, we examined the ability of a DNA HIV-1...

Gemfibrozil provides limited benefit for patients with protease inhibitor-associated hypertriglyceridemia.
January 27, 2003... 2003 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Australia, "hypertriglyceridemia is common in patients with HIV, especially those taking protease inhibitors or with lipodystrophy, [and is] frequently observed at...

Antiviral effective against hepatitis B virus in HIV-coinfected.
January 27, 2003... 2003 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have determined tenofovir to be effective against chronic hepatitis B in patients coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). "A significant proportion of human immunodeficiency...

Need for social support deters HIV patients from taking their drug 'cocktails'.
January 27, 2003... 2003 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Social support may play a small but potentially important role in helping HIV-positive people adhere to the complicated schedules for taking their drug "cocktails" to control the virus that causes...

Antiviral peptides derived from RANTES amino acid sequences.
January 27, 2003... 2003 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from the United States, "Fifteen acetyl-peptide-amides with partial amino acid sequences of RANTES (regulated upon activation, normal T-cell expressed and secreted), all Cys...

Highly active antiretroviral therapy lowers Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus levels.
January 27, 2003... 2003 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in England conducted a study "to investigate the effect of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) on circulating Kaposi sarcoma (KS)-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) load in HIV-infected...

Intrathecal immunoactivation persists despite effective antiretroviral therapy.
January 27, 2003... 2003 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in Sweden conducted a study "to study the effect of antiretroviral combination treatment on intrathecal immunoactivation in HIV-1 infection." "Lumbar punctures were performed at...

Plasma HIV RNA levels linked to herpes simplex virus activity.
January 27, 2003... 2003 JAN 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from the United States, "In early trials of antiretroviral therapy, acyclovir was associated with increased survival by an unknown mechanism. The hypothesis that subclinical...