November 2004

Contents

Conference reports

• XV International World AIDS Conference, 11-16 July 2004, Bangkok

• Women and HIV: research directions

• The X4 files: sampling the science on HIV co-receptors in Bangkok

• 10th BHIVA Autumn Conference 8-9 October 2004, London

• BHIVA audit on management of HIV/Hepatitis coinfection

Antiretrovirals

• Six generics compare well with US-made ARVs

• Viral load response at 4 weeks predicts treatment success

• Resistance mutations in patients with persistent viraemia show need to improve clinical assays

• Researchers call for new approach to assessing pipeline drugs for salvage patients

Treatment access

• A round-up of news about access to treatments with links to sources: Britain, Ukraine, Thailand, Europe, South Africa

• Body Mass Index at diagnosis is independent predictor of survival

Pregnancy

• Study raises questions about cost effectiveness of nevirapine regimen

• Low effectiveness of nevirapine to reduce MTCT in real life situation

• Use of T-20 at the end of pregnancy to a multi-treated HIV-infected woman with virological breakthrough

Paediatric care

• CHIPS data finds response to HAART varies with age in children

• HAART is effective in African children in a resource-limited setting

• Predictive factors of virologic success in HIV positive children treated with lopinavir/ritonavir

Side effects

• Vancouver researchers urge caution with combinations of lipid drugs

Coinfections and complications

• Clinical features and predictors of survival in patients with AIDS-related non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Hepatitis coinfection

• 3TC resistance leads to hepatitis B flare

• Sight changes reported with PEG-interferon

• BMS submits marketing applications for entecavir to treat HBV in US and Europe

Other news

• Dispersal of HIV-positive asylum seekers: national survey of UK healthcare providers

• Medical journals require pre-trial registration in public database as criteria for submission for publication

On the web

• Conference abstracts and reports

• Online medical education

• Hepatitis coinfection

PDFs

• Volume 5 Number 9/10 October/November 2004 PDF