HTB homepage • Conference reports • Articles by subject • Subscribe July 2004 Contents Editorial Volume 5 Number 6 July 2004 Treatment alerts A round-up of news about access to treatments, with links to sources Conference reports XIII International HIV Resistance Workshop 8-12 June 2004, Tenerife Risk of NNRTI-resistance during STI: implications for SMART and other STI studies Persistent nevirapine resistance following mother to child transmission interventions Tipranavir resistance and viral response: L90M did not reduce response, recommendation to use with T-20 Resistance in the UK: new approach to epidemiological studies Low AZT activity against HIV-2 infection No evidence for cross resistance between nevirapine and d4T Experimental compounds to target viral expression in latent cells Case of MDR reinfection with MDR virus Keystone HIV Pathogenesis and Vaccine Development Report 12-18 April 2004, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada Keystone HIV Pathogenesis and Vaccine Report Antiretrovirals CD4 entry criteria dropped for UK tipranavir named patient access Tenofovir/FTC co-formulation expected in US by September Guidelines for T-20 Persistent HIV viraemia fosters immunologic harm and viral evolution Latent drug-resistant HIV harboured for years Women's health Smoking during HIV infection may alter the natural history of HPV infection and increase the risk of cervical disease Paediatric care Pharmacokinetic characteristics of ritonavir, zidovudine, lamivudine, and stavudine in children with HIV PK and drug interactions Non-prescription simvastatin in the UK: contraindicated with many HIV medications Label changes for indinavir warn of several interactions including atazanavir and PDE5 inhibitors HIV prevention and transmission Sexual transmission of HIV by acutely infected individuals has a disproportionate effect on the spread of HIV and may explain the current pandemic On the web Online medical resources Conference abstracts Treatment Access Journal articles Online publications PDFs Volume 5 Number 6 July 2004 PDF HTB homepage • Conference reports • Articles by subject • Subscribe