HTB homepage • Conference reports • Articles by subject • Subscribe June 2004 Contents Editorial Volume 5 Number 5 June 2004 Conference reports 10th Anniversary Conference of the British HIV Association (BHIVA), 15–17 April 2004, Cardiff BHIVA 2003-4 audit on HIV and pregnancy More positive children are surviving into adult life and require tailored services Other news from 10th BHIVA conference Antiretrovirals Antiviral activity of foscarnet in salvage therapy Side effects Oral uridine to treat mitochondrial toxicity Phase II results show ThGRF could be safe, effective treatment for lipodystrophy, says company Reversibility of lipoatrophy in HIV patients 2 years after switching from a thymidine analogue to abacavir Hepatitis coinfection The 39th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (39th EASL) Tenofovir blocks viral replication in HBV monoinfected and in HIV-HBV coinfected patients with lamivudine resistance Compared to Caucasians, Africans have significantly higher rates of fibrosis and cirrhosis despite lower levels of HBV replication Undetectable HIV viral load in HIV-HCV coinfected patients slows liver fibrosis progression rate Basic science and immunology Rapid clearance of HIV-1 is associated with decreased risk of AIDS HIV patients get long-term boost with short, intermittent drug regimen Drug resistance Kaletra therapy fails woman with subtype C virus with multiple mutations Other news US government stops scientists attending International AIDS Conference EMEA releases recommendations for better information for patients Correspondence Response to report from 11th CROI on treatment in primary infection On the web Conference abstracts Treatment access Journal articles Online medical resources Online publications PDFs Volume 5 Number 5 June 2004 PDF HTB homepage • Conference reports • Articles by subject • Subscribe
