Articles from AIDS Treatment News
15 June 2005. Related: On the web.
HIV Travel Restrictions for HIV-positive people
Where to find help if you need to find out about HIV travel restrictions and testing requirements of countries around the world. For example, a database of all countries is now being maintained in Europe, and made available through the Web in English, German, and French.
http://www.aidsnews.org/2005/04/travel-restrictions.html
Tat Inhibitors, A New Approach
Short interview with researchers looking at tat inhibitors
http://www.aidsnews.org/2005/02/tat-inhibitor.html
Interview with Dr Paddy Mallon: lipodytrophy, fat metabolism and role of ARVs
An excellent on-line interview with one of the key researchers into the mechanisms of lipatrophy.
Can HIV itself cause lipoatrophy or mitochondrial dysfunction in treatment naive patients? If so, can starting treatment with non-thymide analogs like tenofovir or abacavir reverse it? What is the role of AZT and should it be used in first-line therapy?