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NEWS AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS:
OCTOBER 2000





Successful Treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Related Castleman's Disease with Interferon [Kumari P, et al. CID 2000;31:602]
posted 10/25/2000

Effect of Intermittent Interleukin-2 Therapy on Plasma and Tissue Human Immunodeficiency Virus Levels and Quasi-Species Expression [Kovacs JA, et al. JID 2000;182:1063]
posted 10/19/2000

The Effect of Potent Antiretroviral Therapy and JC Virus Load in Cerebrospinal Fluid on Clinical Outcome of Patients with AIDS-Associated Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy [DeLuca A, et al. JID 2000;182:1077]
posted 10/19/2000

Evaluation of the Abbott LCx HIV-1 RNA Quantitative, a New Assay for Quantitative Determination of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA [Zanchetta N, et al. JCM 2000;38:3882]
posted 10/19/2000

Immune Control of HIV-1 After Early Treatment of Acute Infection [Rosenberg ES, et al. Nature 2000;407:523]
posted 10/19/2000

Discontinuation of Mycobacterium avium Complex Prophylaxis in Patients with Antiretroviral Therapy-Induced Increases in CD4+ Cell Count: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial [Currier JS, et al. Ann Intern Med 2000;133:493]
posted 10/19/2000

Cluster of HIV-Infected Adolescents and Young Adults - Mississippi, 1999 [MMWR 2000;49:861]
posted 10/19/2000

Death Penalty Threat to Doctors in Libya [Lancet 2000;356:1178]
posted 10/19/2000

Congress Reauthorizes Ryan White CARE Act for Five Years
posted 10/19/2000

A Trial of Shortened Zidovudine Regimens to Prevent Mother-To-Child Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 [Lallemant M, et al. NEJM 2000;343:982]
posted 10/11/2000

Absence of Cardiac Toxicity of Zidovudine in Infants [Lipshultz SE, et al. NEJM 2000;343:759]
posted 10/11/2000

UN Security Council Adopts Resolution for HIV Education and Condom-Distribution to Reduce HIV in UN Peacekeeping Troops [Nature Medicine 2000;6:949]
posted 10/6/2000

AIDS in Romania [Lancet 2000;356:1090]
posted 10/6/2000

Effect of HIV-1 and Increasing Immunosuppression on Malaria Parasitaemia and Clinical Episodes in Adults in Rural Uganda: A Cohort Study [Whitworth J, et al. Lancet 2000;356:1051]
posted 10/6/2000

Reduced Toxicity with Gradual Initiation of Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole as Primary Prophylaxis for Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia: AIDS Clinical Trials Group 268 [JAIDS 2000;24:337]
posted 10/6/2000

Oral Ganciclovir Systemic Exposure is Enhanced in HIV-Infected Patients with Diarrhea and Weight Loss [Mouly S, et al. JAIDS 2000;34:344]
posted 10/6/2000

Differences Between Women and men in Adverse Events and CD4 Responses to Nucleoside Analog Therapy for HIV Infection [Currier JS, et al. JAIDS 2000;24:316]
posted 10/6/2000

Cell-Free Virus in Breast Milk of HIV-1-Seropositive Women [Pillay K, et al. JAIDS 2000;24:330]
posted 10/6/2000

IOM Critical of the Federal HIV Prevention Program [New York Times September 28, 2000, pg. A18]
posted 10/6/2000

FDA Approves Lopinavir/Ritonavir (Kaletra)
posted 10/3/2000




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