Annals ofHIV - Aids

Volume: 5 - Number: 41 - May 15, 2006

Outstanding

Reversal of HIV-1-associated osteoporosis with once-weekly alendronate.

Safety of long-term interruption of successful antiretroviral therapy: the ATHENA cohort study.

Different subsets of peripheral blood dendritic cells show distinct phenotypic and functional abnormalities in HIV-1 infection

Immunological and virological efficacy of a therapeutic immunization combined with interleukin-2 in chronically HIV-1 infected patients.

BASIC SCIENCE

CD8 T-cell responses in early HIV-1 infection are skewed towards high entropy peptides.

Comparison of HIV-specific CD8 T-cell responses among uninfected individuals exposed to HIV parenterally and mucosally.

Different subsets of peripheral blood dendritic cells show distinct phenotypic and functional abnormalities in HIV-1 infection

Cytomegalovirus genotypes present in cerebrospinal fluid of HIV-infected patients

CLINICAL SCIENCE

Immunological and virological efficacy of a therapeutic immunization combined with interleukin-2 in chronically HIV-1 infected patients.

CD4 cell-monitored treatment interruption in patients with a CD4 cell count > 500 x 106 cells/l.

A randomized, prospective study of phenotype susceptibility testing versus standard of care to manage antiretroviral therapy: CCTG 575.

Editorial Commentary

Questa e quella per me pari sono.

Editorial reviews

Care of patients with chronic hepatitis B and HIV co-infection: recommendations from an HIV-HBV International Panel.

Epidemiology & social

Frequency of HIV-1 dual subtype infections, including intersubtype superinfections, among injection drug users in Bangkok, Thailand.

Field efficacy of zidovudine, lamivudine and single-dose nevirapine to prevent peripartum HIV transmission.

Risk of AIDS and death at given HIV-RNA and CD4 cell count, in relation to specific antiretroviral drugs in the regimen.

Changes over time in post-seroconversion CD4 cell counts in the Italian HIV-Seroconversion Study: 1985-2002.

Research letters

The efavirenz-induced increase in HDL-cholesterol is influenced by the multidrug resistance gene 1 C3435T polymorphism.

Reversal of HIV-1-associated osteoporosis with once-weekly alendronate.

Safety of long-term interruption of successful antiretroviral therapy: the ATHENA cohort study.

Potential for medical transmission of HIV in Ethiopia.

Biphasic decline of CD4 cell count during scheduled treatment interruptions

Generic antiretroviral efficacy in AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma in sub-Saharan Africa.

Decreasing incidence of pregnancy by decreasing CD4 cell count in HIV-infected women in Cote d'Ivoire: a 7-year cohort study.