Annals ofHIV - Aids

Volume: 5 - Number: 45 - September 15, 2006

Outstanding

Cytomegalovirus rather than HIV triggers the outgrowth of effector CD8+CD45RA+CD27- T cells in HIV-1-infected children.

Substitution of nevirapine or efavirenz for protease inhibitor versus lipid-lowering therapy for the management of dyslipidaemia.

HIV-1 intermittent viraemia in patients treated by non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-based regimen.

The potential for interactions between antimalarial and antiretroviral drugs

Basic Sciences

Pertussis toxin B-oligomer dissociates T cell activation and HIV replication in CD4 T cells released from infected lymphoid tissue.

Genotypes at chromosome 22q12-13 are associated with HIV-1-exposed but uninfected status in Italians.

Cytomegalovirus rather than HIV triggers the outgrowth of effector CD8+CD45RA+CD27- T cells in HIV-1-infected children.

Clinical science

Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis by HIV-infected persons in Uganda reduces morbidity and mortality among HIV-uninfected family members.

Incidence and risk factors of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome complicating HIV-associated cryptococcosis in France.

Substitution of nevirapine or efavirenz for protease inhibitor versus lipid-lowering therapy for the management of dyslipidaemia.

Indinavir protein-free concentrations when used in indinavir/ritonavir combination therapy.

HIV-1 intermittent viraemia in patients treated by non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-based regimen.

Editorial reviews

The potential for interactions between antimalarial and antiretroviral drugs

Epidemiology & social

Maternal and infant factors and lymphocyte, CD4 and CD8 cell counts in uninfected children of HIV-1-infected mothers.

Multiple drug class-wide resistance associated with poorer survival after treatment failure in a cohort of HIV-infected patients.

SEN virus has an adverse effect on the survival of HIV-positive patients

A new meeting place: chatting on the Internet, e-dating and sexual risk behaviour among Dutch men who have sex with men.

Fungi

Saline-Filled Breast Implant Contamination with Curvularia Species among Women Who Underwent Cosmetic Breast Augmentation

NOTES AND QUOTES.

High probability of female-to-male HIV-1 transmission for uncircumcised men with multiple partners.

Malaria increases HIV concentration in blood.

HIV-1 restriction from a single amino acid change in human Trim 5[alpha].

Parasitos

Sickle Cell Trait and the Risk of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria and Other Childhood Diseases

Viruses

Protective Effect of the HLA-Bw4I80 Epitope and the Killer Cell Immunoglobulin-Like Receptor 3DS1 Gene against the Development of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Antibody Avidity Maturation during Severe Acute Respiratory SyndromeAssociated Coronavirus Infection