Annals ofHIV - Aids

Volume: 5 - Number: 47 - November 15, 2006

Outstanding

Longitudinal analysis of CD8 T-cell responses to HIV and hepatitis C virus in a cohort of co-infected haemophiliacs.

Nucleic acid amplification testing for diagnosis of acute HIV infection: has the time come?.

Targeted screening for primary HIV infection through pooled HIV-RNA testing in men who have sex with men.

UK patients risk treatment exhaustion.

Basic Sciences

HIV-1 MN Env 15-mer peptides better detect HIV-1 specific CD8 T cell responses compared with consensus subtypes B and M group 15-mer peptides.

Identification of a novel HIV-1 complex circulating recombinant form (CRF18_cpx) of Central African origin in Cuba.

Inhibition of HIV strains by GB virus C in cell culture can be mediated by CD4 and CD8 T-lymphocyte derived soluble factors

Longitudinal analysis of CD8 T-cell responses to HIV and hepatitis C virus in a cohort of co-infected haemophiliacs.

Plasma virion reverse transcriptase activity and heat dissociation-boosted p24 assay for HIV load in Burkina Faso, West Africa.

Clinical science

Optimal suppression of HIV replication by low-dose hydroxyurea through the combination of antiviral and cytostatic ('virostatic') mechanisms.

Rates of antiretroviral resistance among HIV-infected patients with and without a history of injection drug use.

Reduced interleukin-8 response to Streptococcus pneumoniae by alveolar macrophages from adults with HIV/AIDS.

Editorial reviews

How effectively does HAART restore immune responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis? Implications for tuberculosis control.

Epidemiology & social

Increased condom use at sexual debut in the general population of Slovenia and association with subsequent condom use

Loss of HIV-1-specific T cell proliferation in chronic HIV-1 infection: cause or consequence of viral replication?.

Nucleic acid amplification testing for diagnosis of acute HIV infection: has the time come?.

Notes and quotes

Seroreversion in patients receiving HAART during acute infection 2.

Structure of broadly neutralizing 4E10 antibody revealed.

UK patients risk treatment exhaustion.

Research letters

Instability of lopinavir/ritonavir capsules at ambient temperatures in sub-Saharan Africa: relevance to WHO antiretroviral guidelines.

Lack of resistant mutation development after receiving short-course zidovudine plus lamivudine to prevent mother-to-child transmission.

Targeted screening for primary HIV infection through pooled HIV-RNA testing in men who have sex with men.

Therapeutic immunization of highly active antiretroviral therapy-treated HIV-1-infected patients: safety and immunogenicity of an HIV-1 gag/poly-epitope DNA vaccine.