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participating institutions:
Johns Hopkins University AIDS Service, New York State DOH AIDS Institute, The CORE Center, Cook County Hospital



NEWS AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS:
MARCH 2001




Initial Plasma HIV-1 RNA Levels and Progression to AIDS in Women and Men [Sterling TR, et al. NEJM 2001;344:720]
posted 3/29/2001

Correlates of Mother-to-Child Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Transmission: Association with Maternal Plasma HIV-1 RNA Load, Genital HIV-1 DNA Shedding, and Breast Infections [John GC, et al. JID 2001;183:206]
posted 3/29/2001

Feasibility of Postexposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Against Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection After Sexual or Injection Drug Use Exposure: The San Francisco PEP Study [Kahn JO, et al. JID 2001;183:707]
posted 3/29/2001

Indinavir, Nevirapine, Stavudine, and Lamivudine for Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected, Amprenavir-Experienced Subjects: AIDS Clinical Trials Group Protocol 373 [Gulick RM, et al. JID 2001;183:715]
posted 3/29/2001

Survival After AIDS Diagnosis in Adolescence and Adults During the Treatment Era, United States, 1984 - 1997 [Lee LM, et al. JAMA 2001;285:1308]
posted 3/23/2001

Expenditures for the Care of HIV-Infected Patients in the Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy [Bozzette SA, et al. NEJM 2001;344:817]
posted 3/23/2001

The Cost Effectiveness of Combination Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV Disease [Freedberg KA, et al. NEJM 2001;344:824]
posted 3/23/2001

Use of Genotypic Resistance Testing to Guide HIV Therapy: Clinical Impact and Cost-Effectiveness [Weinstein MC, et al. Ann Intern Med 2001;134:440]
posted 3/23/2001

Symptomatic Hyperlactataemia: An Emerging Complication of Antiretroviral Therapy [Gerard Y, et al. AIDS 2000 14:2723]
posted 3/23/2001

Prophylaxis with a nevirapine-containing triple regimen after exposure to HIV-1 [Benn PD, et al. Lancet 2001;357:687]
posted 3/20/2001

Abacavir-lamivudine-zidovudine vs. indinavir-lamivudine-zidovudine in antiretroviral-naïve HIV-infected adults [Staszewski S, et al. JAMA 2001;285:1155]
posted 3/20/2001

Clinical and laboratory guidelines for the use of HIV-1 drug resistance testing as part of treatment management: recommendations for the European setting [The EuroGuidelines Group for HIV Resistance. AIDS 2001;15:309]
posted 3/20/2001

Placebo-controlled trial of prednisone in advanced HIV-1 infection [McComsey GA, et al. AIDS 2001;15:321]
posted 3/20/2001

Effectiveness of potent antiretroviral therapies on the incidence of opportunistic infections before and after AIDS diagnosis [Detels R, et al. AIDS 2001;15:347]
posted 3/20/2001

President Bush Supports Use of Generic Versions of Expensive Drugs by Developing Countries [Dickson D. Nature 2001;410:3]
posted 3/20/2001

Experts debate broad drug prophylaxis policy for HIV infected in Africa [Stencel C. ASM News 2001;67:131]
posted 3/20/2001

Multiple Drug Rescue Therapy for HIV-Infected Individuals with Prior Virologic Failure to Multiple Regimens [Montaner JSG, et al. AIDS 2001;15:61]
posted 3/13/2001

Efavirenz Plasma Levels Can Predict Treatment Failure and Central Nervous System Side Effects in HIV-1-Infected Patients [Marzolini C, et al. AIDS 2001;15:71]
posted 3/13/2001

Reasons for Modification and Discontinuation of Antiretrovirals: Results from a Single Treatment Center [Mocroft A, et al. AIDS 2001; 15:185]
posted 3/13/2001

Risk of Lipodystrophy in HIV-1-Infected Patients Treated with Protease Inhibitors: A Prospective Cohort Study [Martinez E, et al. Lancet 2001;357:592]
posted 3/8/2001

New U.S. HIV-Prevention Program to Target Those Already Infected [McCarthy M. Lancet 2001;357:613]
posted 3/8/2001

Therapy of Efavirenz Plus Indinavir in Patients with Extensive Prior Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor Experience: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Trial [Haas DW, et al. JID 2001;183:392]
posted 3/8/2001

ABT-378/Ritonavir Plus Stavudine and Lamivudine for the Treatment of Antiretroviral-Naïve Adults with HIV-1 Infection: 48-Week Results [Murphy RL, et al. AIDS 2001;15:F1]
posted 3/8/2001

Discontinuation of Maintenance Therapy for Cytomegalovirus Retinitis in HIV-Infected Patients Receiving Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy [Jouan M, et al. AIDS 2001;15:23]
posted 3/8/2001

Virologic and Immunologic Consequences of Discontinuing Combination Antiretroviral-Drug Therapy in HIV-Infected Patients with Detectable Viremia [Deeks SG, et al. NEJM 2001;344:472]
posted 3/1/2001

Perinatal Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 by Pregnant Women with RNA Virus Loads <1000 Copies/mL [Ioannidis JPA, et al. JID 2001;183:539]
posted 3/1/2001

Twice-Daily Triple Nucleoside Intensification Treatment with Lamivudine-Zidovudine plus Abacavir Sustains Suppression of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1: Results of the TARGET Study [Henry K, et al. JID 2001;183:571]
posted 3/1/2001

Hepatitis C Virus Load Is Associated with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Disease Progression In Hemophiliacs [Daar ES et al. JID 2001;183:589]
posted 3/1/2001

Effect of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy on Diagnoses of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in People with AIDS [Scheer S, et al. Lancet 2001;357:432]
posted 3/1/2001

HAART Reduces Kaposi's Sarcoma Risk [J Natl Cancer Inst 2000;93:1823]
posted 3/1/2001

Virologic and Regimen Termination Surrogate Endpoints in AIDS Clinical Trials [Gilbert PB, et al. JAMA 2001;285:777]
posted 3/1/2001




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