HTB homepage • Conference reports • Articles by subject • Subscribe December 2002 Contents Meeting report Protecting mothers from mono and dual therapies, and considering the value of Caesarean sections Antiretrovirals Boosted PIs: differences emerging in efficacy, tolerability, lipids Europe steps in to protect discounted drugs for developing countries Hair analysis may help determine drug levels, adherence and virological response Disadvantage from prior nucleoside therapy persists for years during HAART Treatment access Europe steps in to protect discounted drugs for developing countries Side effects Perspectives on hormonal, mitochondrial and metabolic changes IAS panel issues first guidelines for HIV and HIV drug-related metabolic complications (2002) Side effects are a common cause of intentional non adherence to HAART Coinfections and complications PML-associated immune restoration disease associated with mortality Basic science and immunology Animal retroviral infections suggest third kind of potential treatment: HIV harm reduction Memory T cells do not recognise circulating HIV in late infection Other news Chiron halts major IL-2 study, for business reasons EU increases powers, and speeds up actions, of the European medicines agency Zinc treatment for diarrhoea reduces child deaths On the web Post-meeting coverage of the 42nd ICAAC AIDS-related malignancies in the era of HAART Screening for and treatment of anal intraepithelial neoplasia Coping with lipodystrophy’s emotional toll Beyond HAART: a closer look at immune therapies Digging deeper at the resistance workshop Medscape conference coverage Anaemia, neutropenia, and thrombocytopenia: pathogenesis and evolving treatment options in HIV-infected patients Comprehensive health care for people infected with HIV in developing countries BMJ 2002;325:954-957 Anti-R7V antibodies may protect some HIV-infected patients from developing AIDS: a conversation with Jean-Claude Chermann Combining saquinavir with lopinavir/ritonavir? Glossary of HIV/AIDS-Related Terms, 4th ed HIV and Its Treatment: What You Should Know, 2nd edition PDFs Volume 3 Number 10 December 2002 PDF HTB homepage • Conference reports • Articles by subject • Subscribe
