October 2005

Contents

Editorial

• Volume 6 Number 10 October 2005

Conference reports

• Further Reports from 3rd IAS Conference on AIDS Pathogenesis and Treatment, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 24-27 July 2005

• Management of hepatitis C and B in HIV-coinfected individuals: an overview of studies presented at the 3rd IAS Conference

• Highlights of HIV drug resistance studies presented at the 3rd IAS Conference

Antiretrovirals

• GSK stops trials of CCR5 entry inhibitor GW873140 in naive patients

• AZT comes off patent: generic versions approved for US market

Treatment access

• Depletion of latent HIV-1 reservoir with valproic acid: interesting data but not a cure

Pregnancy

• Breast milk, HIV suppression and decreased mother to child transmission

• Single dose nevirapine infant prophylaxis to reduce mother to child transmission may have similar efficacy to maternal and infant doses

Paediatric care

• Pharmacokinetics of nevirapine in HIV positive children receiving Thai fixed dose combination

Side effects

• Fatigue among HIV-positive patients in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy

Other news

• WHO – Patients for patient safety: call for participants

• Does buprenorphine have a role in preventing HIV transmission and treating HIV-infected IDUs?

On the web

• Medscape articles and online papers

• Neurological complications of HIV infection

• HIV inSite Knowledge Base

• WHO list of essential medicines

PDFs

• Volume 6 Number 10 October 2005 PDF