Editorial

• Volume 2 Number 4 October-December 2009

Conference reports

• 11th International Workshop on Adverse Drug Reactions and Comorbidities in HIV (IWADR) 26-28 October 2009, Philadelphia

• Association between inflammation and sleep apnea in the MACS cohort

• Sports supplements impact on serum creatinine and eGFR markers of renal function

• Gender and race differences in lipodystrophy symptoms

• High incidence and risk factors for diabetes in French cohort

• Intermuscular tissue is decreased in HIV infection

• 9th AIDS Vaccine Conference, 19-22 October 2009, Paris

• Thai HIV Vaccine Trial results presented and published

• 49th International Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), 12-15 September 2009, San Francisco

• Smoking masks the long-term benefits of HAART on lung function

• Alcohol and marijuana may reduce drug levels of atazanavir and efavirenz

• 5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, 19-23 July 2009, Cape Town

• Treating children previously exposed to single dose nevirapine

• ARV Programme results reports at IAS

• Guidelines on when to start treatment in resource poor settings

Antiretrovirals

• GSK and Pfizer launch joint HIV collaboration

PMTCT and maternal health

• South African 2008 antenatal survey results

Paediatric care

• HIV, the brain and children

Treatment access

• FDA approval of generic ARVs

• AIDS and mortality in South Africa

• Punishing success in tackling AIDS: funders’ retreat could wipe out health gains in HIV affected countries

• Update on unmet need for HAART in South Africa

Resistance

• Rate of accumulation of TAMS slow in patients continuing on failing AZT or d4T containing regimens

Basic science

• New neutralising antibodies discovered

• Aging, HIV infection and the immune system

• The end of the line for IL-2

Prevention

• Making progress on prevention

Other news

• President Obama announces end to HIV-positive immigration ban in the US

On the web

• Conference reports and online abstracts

• Returned to risk: deportation of HIV-positive migrants

• JAIDS Supplement: HIV scale-up and global health systems

Future meetings

• 2010 conference listing

PDFs

• Volume 2 Number 4 October-December 2009 PDF