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Remember my name. [videorecording]: [Princeton, N.J.] : Films for the Humanities, c1988 1 videocassette (52 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9301601A; (Producer) It began in San Francisco with the assembly of a few 3 x6 panels, each bearing the name of a single AIDS victim, and has grown to a quilt containing over 8,000 individual panels and weighing over 16 tons. The story of this quilt s growth-which is also the story of the AIDS epidemic and how it has touched
AIDS and other epidemics. [videorecording]: [Princeton, N.J.] : Films for the Humanities, c1990 1 videocassette (26 min.) : sd., col. with b&w ; 1/2 in Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9301500A; (Producer) AIDS is only the latest in a long line of deadly epidemics that have threatened to decimate human life. The microscopic life forms that have ravaged mankind since evolution began are among the greatest villians of history, and our battles to stop them are among our greatest achievements. This program loo
AIDS treatment 1991. [videorecording]: Atlanta, Ga. : The University, c1991 1 videocassette (57 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9301502A; Thompson SE
An:Historical portrait for the age of AIDS : simple courage. [videorecording]: [Hawaii] : S.J. Castillo, c1992 1 videocassette (53 min.) : sd., col. with b&w ; 1/2 in Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9301576A; Damien; (Producer) Documents the treatment of leprosy victims in Hawaii in the 19th and early 20th century. American colonizers looked upon the disease as a curse from God, punishment for immoral sexual behavior. One man, Damien de Veuster (Father Damien), took it upon himself to care for and bring comfort to these untoucha
AIDS education. [videorecording]: Lebanon, N.H. : DHMC, c1993 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9301501A
Mapping determinants of SIV pathogenicity. [videorecording].: [Bethesda, Md. : NIAID, 1993] 1 videocassette (48 min., 18 sec.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in (NIAID research grand rounds) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9301587A; Hirsch V
Mind, body, spirit, herbs, drugs, AIDS : a cautionary tale : a documentary. [videorecording]: [Southfield, MI] : Philip Singer, c1993 1 videocassette (52 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9301590A; Singer P; Whitman TH; (Producer) This film interviews a woman Medical Doctor who refers AIDS patients in Detroit to a self-described Cherokee Indian herbalist. Both the physician and the herbalist talk about what they do and why. The AIDS patients talk about why they reject drugs and prefer herbs. It is a Cautionary Tale because it rev
Human immunodeficiency virus infections : new insights. [videorecording]: Secaucus, N.J. : Network for Continuing Medical Education, [1993?] 1 videocassette (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in (NCME special supplement) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9301578A
Update, AIDS cases reported to Surveillance, Forecasting and Impact assessment Unit (SFI), Global Programme on AIDS.: Surveillance, Forecasting, and Impact Assessment Unit Geneva, Switzerland : The Organization, v Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9319098
[Sindrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida (S I D A).] 1. ed.: Santo Domingo, Rep. Dominicana : La Asociacion, [1985] 99 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9317754
[Informacion y prevencion sobre el SIDA.] 1. ed., mayo 1987.: Bogota, Colombia : Editorial Oveja Negra, c1985 (1987 printing) 61 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9317529
Contact tracing and partner notification.: Washington, DC : Special Initiative on Aids, American Public Health Association, [1988] 8 p (APHA/SIA report ; 2) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9318781; Evans CA; O'Connell CJ
National HIV/AIDS strategy : a policy information paper.: Canberra : Australian Govt. Pub. Service, 1989 v, 116 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9317622
Laws governing confidentiality of HIV-related information, 1983-1988.: Washington, D.C. : AIDS Policy Center, Intergovernmental Health Policy Project, George Washington University, [1989]- v Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9318057; Rowe M
[Strategie gegen AIDS.]: Munchen : Bayerisches Staatsministerium des Innern, [1989] 44 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9319074
Report from the study group on vocational rehabilitation services to persons with H.I.V. (AIDS).: Savannah, Ga. : Institute on Rehabilitation Issues, [1990?] xiii, 127 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9318179; Corthell DW
What every doctor and dentist should know about HIV and AIDS : 11-12 May 1990.: [Melbourne? : The University, 1990?] 36 leaves : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9318687
Health services research on HIV/AIDS-related illnesses.: Rockville, MD (18-12 Parklawn Bldg., Rockville 20857) : Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, [1990] 10 p (AHCPR program note) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9318857
[Instants de vie : accompagner des malades du sida.]: Geneve : Labor et fides, c1990 94 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9318884; Frei N
AIDS and its treatment by traditional Chinese medicine = [Chung i chih liao ai tzu ping]. 1st ed.: Boulder, CO : Blue Poppy Press, 1991 xvi, 282 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9317368; Huang B; Fu D; Flaws B
Injecting drug users and HIV/AIDS : a counselling manual.: [Wellington] : Dept. of Health, 1991 63 P Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9317531; Thornton N
Pediatric AIDS/HIV infection.: Practitioners Cherry Hill, N.J. : NAPNAP, c1991 1 v. (unpaged) : ill (NAPNAP special publication) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9317661
AIDS, the modern plague.: Blacksburg, VA : Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1991 xiv, 112 p. : ill (President's symposium ; v. 2) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9317910; Distler PA; Krieg NR; Wallace B
British Columbia provincial HIV/AIDS strategy and work plan.: [Victoria] : BC Ministry of Health, [1991] 20 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9317921
More harm than help : the ramifications for rape survivors of mandatory HIV testing of rapists.: Washington, DC : The Center, c1991 36 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9318104
[HIV, AIDS, SIDA.]: Bucuresti : Editura Militara, 1991 231 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9318467; Nedelcu I
National AIDS strategy : update.: [S.l.] : Health and Welfare Canada, [1991?] 7 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9318545
Total health : designed for the HIV challenged individual for attaining optimum health. 1st ed.: San Diego, Calif. : Westerfield Enterprises, 1991 vi, 152 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9318666; Masterson KA
Youth and AIDS in Europe : an overview of educational activities.: Utrecht : Dutch Health Education Centre, c1991 166 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9318691
Against the odds : the story of AIDS drug development, politics, and profits. 1st ed.: New York : HarperCollins, c1992 xviii, 314 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9317345; Arno PS; Feiden K
Texas HIV and AIDS : a surveillance and seroprevalence report. Rev. ed.: Austin, Tex. : HIV Division, Bureau of HIV and STD Control, Texas Dept. of Health, [1992] x, 39 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9317784
African families and AIDS : context, reactions, and potential interventions.: [Canberra] : Australian National University, [1992] 15 p (Health transition working paper ; no. 18) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9317885; Caldwell JC
AIDS and accusation : Haiti and the geography of blame.: Berkeley : University of California Press, c1992 xiv, 338 p (Comparative studies of health systems and medical care) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9317907; Farmer P
AIDS, a problem for sociological research.: London ; Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1992 x, 124 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9317909; Pollak M
ARIC's AIDS medical glossary : (summer 1992).: Baltimore, MD : AIDS Research Information Center, [c1992] 151 leaves Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9317911
Perceptions of AIDS counselling : a view from health professionals and AIDS counsellors.: Aldershot, England ; Brookfield, Vt., USA : Avebury, c1992 vii, 242 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9318136; Burnard P
Risk and recovery : AIDS, HIV, and alcohol : a handbook for providers.: San Francisco : AIDS Health Project, University of California, San Francisco ; Berkeley, Calif. : Distributed to the trade by Celestial Arts, c1992 xi, 242 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9318189; Quackenbush M; Benson J; Rinaldi J
[AIDS Taschenworterbuch.] 2. uberarbeitete und erw. Aufl.: Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, c1992 119 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9318335; Dressler S
Every 17 seconds : a global perspective on the AIDS crisis. 1st ed.: [New York] : Aperture, c1992 102 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9318411; Weil B
[L'Assistenza domiciliare alle persone con AIDS : confronto di esperienze italiane e straniere.]: Bologna : CLUEB, c1992 207 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9318511; Carlozzo BM
The:Handbook for AIDS prevention in the Caribbean.: Research Triangle Park, N.C., USA : Family Health International, 1992 1 v. (loose leaf) : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9318843; Lamptey PR
Promoting sexual health : proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Prevention of Sexual Transmission of HIV and other Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Cambridge, 24-27 March 1991.: HIV and other Sexually Transmitted Diseases London : British Medical Association Foundation for AIDS, c1992 iv, 181 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9319017
Report.: Prevention and Control of AIDS Manila, Philippines : Printed and distributed by the Regional Office for the Western Pacific of the World Health Organization, [1992] 25 p (Report series ; no. RS/92/GE/16(PHL)) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9319031
AIDS law today : a new guide for the public.: New Haven : Yale University Press, c1993 xix, 443 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9317369; Burris S
National survey of state HIV/AIDS funds, FY 1992.: Washington, D.C. : AIDS Policy Center, Intergovernmental Health Policy Project, George Washington University, c1993 11, [33], 21 leaves : map Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9317621; Leeds H
Surgeon General's report to the American public on HIV infection and AIDS.: General [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Public Health Service, [1993?] 26 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9317770
AIDS : an expanding tragedy : the final report of the National Commission on AIDS.: Syndrome Washington, DC : The Commission, 1993 1 v. (various pagings) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9317908
Risky sexual behaviors among African-Americans.: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1993 x, 180 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9318190; Johnson EH
[Leukosen der Wiederkauer.]: Jena : Fischer, 1993 259 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9318514; Wittmann W
Sexual behaviour and AIDS in Britain.: London : HMSO, 1993 x, 246 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9318630; Knox EG; MacArthur C; Simons KJ
Alcohol, drugs of abuse and immunomodulation : proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Alcohol, Drugs of Abuse and Immunomodulation (AIDS), held in Arizona, USA, on 9-13 September 1992.: Oxford ; New York : Pergamon Press, c1993 xvi, 701 p. : ill (Advances in the biosciences, ISSN 0065-3446 ; v. 86) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9318721; Watson RR; Immunomodulation (AIDS)
Education and service coordination for asymptomatic HIV-infected women and injection drug users : a review of community based HIV prevention programs funded by the United States Conference of Mayors.: Washington, D.C. (1620 Eye St., N.W., Washington 20006) : United States Conference of Mayors, [1993] 19 p (HIV education case studies ; no. 6) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9318805; Jones P
The:Social psychology of HIV infection.: Hillsdale, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1993 ix, 380 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9319067; Pryor JB; Reeder GD
The:Johns Hopkins Hospital guide to medical care of patients with HIV infection. 4th ed.: Baltimore : Williams & Wilkins, c1994 ix, 99 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9317544; Bartlett JG
[The association of tuberculosis with HIV/AIDS infection in children in Romania]: Pneumoftiziologia. 1992 Oct-Dec;41(4):199-205. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94004079; Mihailescu P; Murgoci G; Institutul de Pneumoftiziologie Marius Nasta.; The great number of AIDS cases in children in Romania , together with the high annual risk of Tb infection, created the premises for the occurrence of a relatively great number of disease cases through HIV infection/AIDS + tuberculosis, particularly in the age-group 0-5 years. Seru
[HIV infection case finding in children hospitalized in a pediatric pneumophthisiology department]: Pneumoftiziologia. 1992 Oct-Dec;41(4):225-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94004083; Rogoz I; Barbu E; Rata M; Sectia Ftiziopediatrie Brasov.; The study deals with HIV infection in children admitted to the Phthisiopediatrics Department of Brasov Hospital. They represent about 1% of the hospitalized cases (5 of 564). Considering, however, the age group of interest (0-5 years), they constitute 4.6% of hospitalized cases. Four of the five children were born in
[Penicilliosis marneffei. Report of a case and review of literatures]: Chung Hua Chieh Ho Ho Hu Hsi Tsa Chih. 1992 Dec;15(6):336-8, 379. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94006731; Kang XM; Nanjing Army General Hospital.; Penicilliosis marneffei is a rare deep fungal infection. The endemic area especially located in the Southeast of Asia. In the former literatures till 1990, 29 cases were reported, most of them were diagnosed pathologically from autopsy. Since 1989 there were more reports of P. marneffei in the HIV infected individuals
Structure and interactions of CD4.: Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 1992;57:541-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94007704; Harrison SC; Wang J; Yan Y; Garrett T; Liu J; Moebius U; Reinherz E; Harvard University Department of Biochemistry and Molecular; Biology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138.
Structural aspects of CD4 and CD8 involvement in the cellular immune response.: Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 1992;57:549-56. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94007705; Hendrickson WA; Kwong PD; Leahy DJ; Ryu SE; Yamaguchi H; Fleury S; Sekaly RP; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University, New York,; New York 10032.
[The activity of immunologic cells from peripheral blood, splenic venous blood and spleen in patients with advanced gastric cancer. A comparative study]: Chung Hua Wai Ko Tsa Chih. 1992 Dec;30(12):713-5, 777. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94008302; Lin YC; Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Second Medical University.; To elucidate the immunologic function of the spleen in AGC patients, peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL), splenic venous blood lymphocytes (SVL) and spleen cells (SC) from 40 patients were tested for NK cell activity and T-cell subsets. Significant impairment of NK cell activity, decreased rate of CD+3 and CD+4 cells,
[Characteristics of jugular venous pulse and its genesis in Ebstein's anomaly]: J Cardiol. 1992;22(2-3):475-85. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94015889; Hosoi K; Fukuda N; Iuchi A; Ogawa S; Hayashi M; Fujimoto T; Kiyoshige K; Fukuda K; Oki T; Second Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine,; University of Tokushima.; To clarify the characteristics of the jugular venous pulse and its genesis in Ebstein s anomaly, 6 patients with Ebstein s anomaly whose mean age was 45 +/- 9 years, and 10 normal subjects with a mean age of 27 +/- 6 years were studied by phono-mechanocardiography and echocardiography. The parameters included the rela
Unusual skin pigmentation in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.: J Med Liban. 1992;40(2):81-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94016433; el-Saad Debahy N; Aoun JP; Hajjar E; Mokhbat JE; Division of Dermatology, Saint Georges Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon.; Diffuse addisonian hyperpigmentation in a male patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome related complex (ARC) is described. The etiology of pigmentation in this patient remains obscure but is most probably related to the H.I.V. infection. Other causes of addisonian hyperpigmentation are considered less likely.
Synthesis and anti-HIV activity of oligoribonucleotides and their phosphorothioate analogs.: Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1992 Oct 28;660:2-10. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94028425; Agrawal S; Tang JY; Sun D; Sarin PS; Zamecnik PC; Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, Shrewsbury,; Massachusetts 01545.
Catalytic RNA molecules and their cleavage of viral mRNA.: Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1992 Oct 28;660:265-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94028433; Ho SP; Britton DH; Du Pont Merck Pharmaceuticals, Wilmington, Delaware 19880-0328.
Antisense RNA-mediated inhibition of the replication of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1. Discussion of critical parameters.: Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1992 Oct 28;660:268-70. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94028434; Sczakiel G; Pawlita M; Rittner K; Homann M; Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Angewandte Tumorvirologie,; Abteilung Genomveranderungen und Cancerogenese, Heidelberg,; Germany.
Inhibition of HIV-1 replication by novel multitarget ribozymes.: Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1992 Oct 28;660:271-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94028436; Chen CJ; Banerjea AC; Haglund K; Harmison GG; Schubert M; Laboratory of Viral and Molecular Pathogenesis, National; Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National; Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
Sequence-specific activity of antisense oligonucleotides conjugated to poly (L-lysine) carriers.: Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1992 Oct 28;660:331-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94028459; Degols G; Leonetti JP; Lebleu B; University of Montpellier II, Sciences et Techniques du; Languedoc, UA CNRS 1191 Genetique Moleculaire, France.
Inhibition of the Friend retrovirus by antisense oligonucleotides. Indirect evidence for the necessity of forced cellular uptake.: Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1992 Oct 28;660:334-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94028460; Ropert C; Lavignon M; Imbach JL; Couvreur P; Malvy C; UA 147 CNRS, U140 INSERM, Institut G. Roussy, Villejuif, France.
Status of ribozyme and antisense-based developmental approaches for anti-HIV-1 therapy.: Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1992 Oct 28;660:95-106. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94028470; Zaia JA; Chatterjee S; Wong KK; Elkins D; Taylor NR; Rossi JJ; Division of Pediatrics, City of Hope National Medical Center,; Duarte, California 91010-0269.
Chemical modifications to improve uptake and bioavailability of antisense oligonucleotides.: Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1992 Oct 28;660:306-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94028450; Manoharan M; Johnson LK; McGee DP; Guinosso CJ; Ramasamy K; Springer RH; Bennett CF; Ecker DJ; Vickers T; Cowsert L; et al; Isis Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, California 92008.
Scanning tunnelling microscopy observations of biomolecules on layered materials.: Faraday Discuss. 1992;(94):183-97. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94004063; Jungblut H; Campbell SA; Giersig M; Muller DJ; Lewerenz HJ; Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin, Bereich Photochemische; Energieumwandlung, Germany.; Scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) has been performed on the reverse transcriptases of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) and the moloney murine leukaemia virus (MuLV). The biological molecules are adsorbed on n-type semiconducting MoTe2. The p66 (66 kD) subunit of the RT of HIV-1 is imaged by STM. Both STM an
Various responses of lymphocytes to Epstein-Barr virus in patients with common variable immunodeficiency.: J Clin Lab Immunol. 1992;37(4):183-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94016478; Kondo N; Inoue R; Orii T; Department of Pediatrics, Gifu University School of Medicine,; Japan.; The responses of lymphocytes to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) were investigated in five patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID). In three patients with CVID in whom the percentages of CD20+ cells and CD21/EBV receptor+ cells were markedly reduced, PBMCs and/or B cells did not respond (or scarcely) to EBV. Thi
Gene inhibition of HIV-1 replication. A comparative and mechanistic study.: Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1992 Oct 28;660:274-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94028437; James W; Crisell P; Rhodes A; Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, UK.
[Bacillary angiomatosis and cutaneous cytomegalovirus infections in AIDS: a fortuitous association?]: Ann Pathol. 1993;13(3):194-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000033; Hofman P; Lacour JP; Michiels JF; Saint-Paul MC; Perrin C
Transmission of HIV via a needlestick injury: practice recommendations and research implications.: AAOHN J. 1993 Aug;41(8):374-81. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000039; Kopfer AM; McGovern PM; 1. The majority of occupational exposures to potentially infectious blood and body fluids occur via needlestick injury. The morbidity and mortality from these exposures is significant. 2. Models from Haddon and White can help identify strategies to decrease the probability of needlestick injury. 3. A review of researc
Using experiential training to enhance health professionals' awareness of patient compliance issues [see comments]: Acad Med. 1993 Sep;68(9):693-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000169; Morse EV; Simon PM; Balson PM; Department of Sociology, Tulane University, New Orleans,; Louisiana.; PURPOSE. To educate health care practitioners about medication compliance by having them play the role of patients who have been placed on a medication regimen. METHODS. In 1988, ten physicians and ten nurses working in the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Clinical Trials Unit of Tulane University and Louisiana Sta
Unnecessary injections increase the risk of AIDS transmission [letter]: World Health Forum. 1993;14(3):291-2. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000280; Gitanjali B
Challenges in the therapy of HIV infection.: Immunol Today. 1993 Jun;14(6):303-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000316; Yarchoan R; Mitsuya H; Broder S; Medicine branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes; of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.; Drugs that inhibit HIV replication have been shown to have clinical utility in patients with HIV infection. However, the immunological improvement induced by available anti-HIV therapies in patients with AIDS is incomplete and transient. Explanations for this may include immunological barriers to complete reconstituti
AIDS progression: protection by TH1 lymphokines in different HLA-DR genotypes [letter; comment]: Immunol Today. 1993 Aug;14(8):417-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000331; Gladstone P
Predicting cleavability of peptide sequences by HIV protease via correlation-angle approach.: J Protein Chem. 1993 Jun;12(3):291-302. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000336; Chou JJ; Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48104.; In designing HIV protease inhibitors as potential drugs for AIDS therapy, knowledge about what peptide sequences in polyproteins are cleavable by HIV proteases is very useful. In this article, based on the formulation that any octapeptide can be uniquely expressed a
Large scale purification and refolding of HIV-1 protease from Escherichia coli inclusion bodies.: J Protein Chem. 1993 Jun;12(3):323-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000339; Hui JO; Tomasselli AG; Reardon IM; Lull JM; Brunner DP; Tomich CS; Heinrikson RL; Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49001.; The protease encoded by the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) was engineered in Escherichia coli as a construct in which the natural 99-residue polypeptide was preceded by an NH2-terminal methionine initiator. Inclusion bodies harboring the recombinant HIV-1 protease were dissolved in 50% acetic acid and the
A simple method to distinguish between simian immunodeficiency virus isolates by restriction analysis of PCR products.: DNA Cell Biol. 1993 Sep;12(7):617-22. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000387; Blackbourn DJ; Sutjipto S; Doi RH; Chuang RY; Department of Medical Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of; Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616.; A simple method to distinguish between simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) isolates of experimentally infected rhesus macaques is reported. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were prepared from a rhesus macaque infected with SIVStM isolated originally from a stump-tailed macaque, or from a rhesus monkey infecte
The management of cryptococcal disease in patients with AIDS.: Curr Clin Top Infect Dis. 1993;13:250-68. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000499; Bozzette SA; Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego; School of Medicine.
Toxoplasmosis in the non-AIDS immunocompromised host.: Curr Clin Top Infect Dis. 1993;13:322-56. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000503; Israelski DM; Remington JS; Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine,; California.
Inter-relationship between gender relations and the HIV/AIDS epidemic: some possible considerations for policies and programmes [editorial]: AIDS. 1993 Aug;7(8):1027-34. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000530; du Guerny J; Sjoberg E
Genetic variation of the SIVagm transmembrane glycoprotein in naturally and experimentally infected primates.: AIDS. 1993 Aug;7(8):1041-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000532; Fomsgaard A; Johnson PR; London WT; Hirsch VM; Department of Microbiology, Georgetown University, Rockville,; Maryland.; OBJECTIVE: An in-frame stop codon prematurely truncating the transmembrane glycoprotein (TMP) is a common feature of many simian immunodeficiency virus, African green monkey strain (SIVagm) molecular clones. The purpose of this study was to investigate the native form of the SIVagm TMP in a naturally infected African
Algorithms for detecting antibodies to HIV-1: results from a rural Ugandan cohort.: AIDS. 1993 Aug;7(8):1057-61. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000534; Nunn AJ; Biryahwaho B; Downing RG; van der Groen G; Ojwiya A; Mulder DW; Medical Research Council Programme on AIDS in Uganda, Uganda; Virus Research Institute, Entebbe.; OBJECTIVE: To evaluate an algorithm using two enzyme immunoassays (EIA) for anti-HIV-1 antibodies in a rural African population and to assess alternative simplified algorithms. METHODS: Sera obtained from 7895 individuals in a rural population survey were tested using an algorithm based on two different EIA systems: R
Splenectomy in patients with AIDS and AIDS-related complex [see comments]: AIDS. 1993 Aug;7(8):1063-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000535; Kemeny MM; Cooke V; Melester TS; Halperin IC; Burchell AR; Yee JP; Mills CB; Department of Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center,; New York City, New York.; OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of splenectomy in HIV-infected patients. DESIGN: A retrospective chart review of patients admitted to St Vincent s Hospital who had splenectomies and were HIV-positive. SETTING: All patients were treated at St Vincent s Hospital, New York City, New York, USA. PATIENTS: Only patients who
Progression of distal-symmetric polyneuropathy in HIV infection: a prospective study.: AIDS. 1993 Aug;7(8):1069-73. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000536; Husstedt IW; Grotemeyer KH; Busch H; Zidek W; Department of Neurology, University of Munster, Germany.; OBJECTIVE: To investigate progression of distal-symmetric sensory polyneuropathy and its correlation to immunological development. METHODS: Clinical, neurophysiological and immunological parameters were followed in 42 HIV-infected patients for 13 +/- 6 months. Neurophysiological investigations were performed in the su
Pulmonary function tests in HIV-infected patients.: AIDS. 1993 Aug;7(8):1075-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000537; Camus F; de Picciotto C; Gerbe J; Matheron S; Perronne C; Bouvet E; Service d'Explorations Fonctionnelles, Hopital Bichat-Claude; Bernard, Paris, France.; OBJECTIVE: To evaluate alterations in lung function during the course of HIV infection. DESIGN: Total lung capacity (TLC), the ratio of forced expiratory volume in one second to vital capacity (FEV1/VC), the carbon monoxide transfer factor (TLCO) and the alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient [delta (A-a)O2] were determine
Ultrasound as a tool to evaluate remission of cutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma.: AIDS. 1993 Aug;7(8):1081-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000538; Bogner JR; Zietz C; Held M; Spathling S; Sandor P; Kronawitter U; Goebel FD; Medizinische Poliklinik, University of Munich, Germany.; OBJECTIVE: To evaluate ultrasound measurement of Kaposi s sarcoma (KS) tumour volume for follow-up during therapy. Two-dimensional evaluation of size and description of gross alteration (for example, colour, nodularity, resolution) was used to assess treatment of KS. Flattening of palpable cutaneous KS lesions during
Intestinal antibody responses to oral vaccination in HIV-infected individuals.: AIDS. 1993 Aug;7(8):1087-91. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000539; Eriksson K; Kilander A; Hagberg L; Norkrans G; Holmgren J; Czerkinsky C; Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of; Goteborg, Sweden.; OBJECTIVE: To examine whether and at what stage mucosal immune responsiveness is impaired during HIV-1 infection. DESIGN: Intestinal and systemic antibody-secreting cell (ASC) responses were examined in eight HIV-1-infected volunteers and 10 seronegative control subjects after oral cholera and parenteral tetanus vacci
Determinants of condom use in 24,000 prostitute/client contacts in The Gambia.: AIDS. 1993 Aug;7(8):1093-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000540; Pickering H; Quigley M; Hayes RJ; Todd J; Wilkins A; Medical Research Council Laboratories, Banjul, The Gambia.; OBJECTIVE: To determine the factors that influence condom use among prostitutes and their clients in The Gambia . DESIGN: A cohort of 181 prostitutes working in seven bars and several rural markets in The Gambia were monitored daily for 14 months. A sample of 747 clients of these pr
Premature mortality related to AIDS among men and women in Catalonia.: AIDS. 1993 Aug;7(8):1099-103. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000541; Casabona Barbara J; Blanch Mur C; Vall Mayans M; Salvador Vilalta X; AIDS Programme, Health Department, Generalitat de Catalunya,; Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.; OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the mortality pattern observed in relation to the AIDS epidemic, and to estimate the current and future demographic impact of AIDS among the population aged between 20 and 39 years in Catalonia, Spain . DESIGN: Spain has the highest cumulative incidence rate o
HIV testing and unreported HIV positivity among injecting drug users in London.: AIDS. 1993 Aug;7(8):1105-11. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000542; Donoghoe MC; Rhodes TJ; Hunter GM; Stimson GV; Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour, Charing Cross; and Westminster Medical School, University of London, UK.; OBJECTIVE: To assess the importance of community-recruited drug injectors with no treatment experience and no previous testing history when estimating HIV prevalence among drug injectors. DESIGN: HIV testing behaviour and prevalence were measured in a serial point prevalence study of drug injectors recruited in commun
Why do homosexual men relapse into unsafe sex? Predictors of resumption of unprotected anogenital intercourse with casual partners.: AIDS. 1993 Aug;7(8):1113-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000543; de Wit JB; van Griensven GJ; Kok G; Sandfort TG; Utrecht University, Department of Gay and Lesbian Studies, The; Netherlands.; OBJECTIVE: To assess predictors of relapse into unprotected anogenital intercourse with casual partners among homosexual men in Amsterdam, The Netherlands . DESIGN: A prospective study ongoing since October 1984. METHODS: Self-reported data on sexual behaviour were obtained at
The epidemiology of HIV infection in a rural area of Guinea-Bissau.: AIDS. 1993 Aug;7(8):1119-22. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000544; Wilkins A; Ricard D; Todd J; Whittle H; Dias F; Paulo Da Silva A; Medical Research Council Laboratories, Banjul, The Gambia.; OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of HIV infection and its relationship to age, sex and other factors. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional survey of a rural community in Guinea-Bissau . METHODS: Questionnaire-administration and screening of sera from subjects aged > or = 15 y
Virulent HIV strains? [editorial]: AIDS. 1993 Aug;7(8):1123-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000545; Tersmette M; Schuitemaker H
Excellent sensitivity and specificity of HIV-1 cultures using whole blood [letter; comment]: AIDS. 1993 Aug;7(8):1127. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000546; Alimenti A; Sullivan JL; Levy J; Luzuriaga K
Viral load in symptomatic primary HIV-infection [letter]: AIDS. 1993 Aug;7(8):1127-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000547; Joubert L; Meyohas MC; Ollivier I; Frottier J; Petit JC; Mariotti M; Lefrere JJ
Defensins inhibit HIV replication in vitro [letter]: AIDS. 1993 Aug;7(8):1129. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000548; Nakashima H; Yamamoto N; Masuda M; Fujii N
Secondary infection with parvovirus B19 in an HIV-positive patient [letter]: AIDS. 1993 Aug;7(8):1131-2. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000550; Bremner JA; Beard S; Cohen BJ; Alimenti A; Cantiniaux B; Levy J
Vitamin B12 deficiency is not a cause of HIV-associated neuropathy [letter]: AIDS. 1993 Aug;7(8):1132-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000551; Trimble KC; Goggins MG; Molloy AM; Mulcahy F; Scott JM; Weir DG
Prophylaxis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia [letter]: AIDS. 1993 Aug;7(8):1133-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000552; Martinez M; Soriano V; Gonzalez-Lahoz J
Potential HIV epidemic associated with heterosexual transmission among youth in France. ACSF. Analyse des Comportements Sexuels en France [letter]: AIDS. 1993 Aug;7(8):1134-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000553; Le Pont F; Valleron AJ
Coxiella burnetii infection among HIV-1-infected people living in Paris, France [letter; comment]: AIDS. 1993 Aug;7(8):1136-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000554; Belec L; Ekala MT; Gilquin J
Tissue-culture isolation of Pneumocystis carinii from peripheral blood of AIDS patients with PCP [letter]: AIDS. 1993 Aug;7(8):1137-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000555; Contini C; Romani R; Manganaro M; Sorice F; Delia S
Structure of a dideoxynucleoside active against the HIV (AIDS) virus.: Acta Crystallogr C. 1993 Jun 15;49 ( Pt 6):1095-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000575; Gulbis JM; MacKay MF; Holan G; Marcuccio SM; Department of Chemistry, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria,; Australia.; N4-Benzoyl-2 ,3 -dideoxycytidine, C16H17-N3O4.2H2O, M(r) = 351.4, monoclinic, P2(1), a = 4.691 (1), b = 14.448 (2), c = 12.924 (3) A, beta = 97.63 (1) degree, V = 868.2 (1) A3, Dm(flotation) = 1.34 (1), Dx = 1.344 Mg m-3, Z = 2, F(000) = 372, lambda = 1.5418 A, mu(Cu K alpha) = 0.65 mm-1, T = 292 (1) K, final R = 0.03
Defective calcium-dependent signal transduction in B lymphocytes of a certain common variable immunodeficiency.: Exp Clin Immunogenet. 1993;10(1):16-20. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94000886; Kondo N; Inoue R; Yano M; Hayashi T; Miwa Y; Kasahara K; Yamasaki M; Utsumi M; Shinbara M; Orii T; Department of Pediatrics, Gifu University School of Medicine,; Japan.; Two different common variable immunodeficiency patients were studied. Patient 1 showed hypogammaglobulinemia in all major classes of gammaglobulins and slightly reduced percentages of circulating CD19+ cells, CD20+ cells and surface IgG-or IgA-bearing cells with a normal percentage of surface IgM-bearing cells. Patien
[Diagnosis and treatment of esophageal ulcers in patients seropositive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-positive)]: Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 1993 Aug;84(2):81-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94001097; Fernandez Esparrach G; Castellote J; Xiol X; Guardiola J; Santin M; Rota R; Podzamczer D; Miquel JM; Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital de Bellvitge Princeps; d'Espanya.; Esophageal ulcers are often found in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. We have retrospectively reviewed the upper endoscopies performed in these patients during the last four years. 149 examinations were realized in 73 patients. Fourteen patients with esophageal ulcers were diagnosed. A severe immu
'DoH guidelines for HCWs with HIV/AIDS infection' [letter]: Br Dent J. 1993 Sep 11;175(5):157-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94001161; Cooper H
HIV: answers to common questions on transmission, disinfection and antisepsis in clinical dentistry.: Br Dent J. 1993 Sep 11;175(5):175-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94001164; Scully C; Samaranayake L; Martin M; Department of Oral Medicine, Pathology and Microbiology, Bristol; Dental School.; Over a decade into the HIV epidemic there is still concern about occupational transmission of HIV despite a demonstrated exceptionally low risk. This paper reviews the possible routes of transmission of HIV other than proven parenteral routes. Some of the recently evaluated facts about HIV are reviewed in relation to
Attitudes to cross-infection measures of UK and Hong Kong patients.: Br Dent J. 1993 Oct 9;175(7):254-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94001192; Porter SR; Peake G; Scully C; Samaranayake LP; University Department of Oral Medicine, Pathology and; Microbiology, Bristol Dental School and Hospital, UK.; The knowledge and attitudes of dental patients in the UK and Hong Kong towards aspects of cross-infection control have been surveyed. Almost all patients expected dentists to wear protective gloves but only 73% and 40% expected dent
Getting through our grief. For caregivers of persons with AIDS.: Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 1993 Sep-Oct;10(5):18-9, 23-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94001197; Killeen ME; Staff caring for AIDS patients experience a grief characterized by specific features. This article presents ways to understand these losses and develop supportive ways to manage their reactions.
Electron microscopy as an essential technique for the identification of parasites in aids patients.: Eur J Morphol. 1993 Mar-Jun;31(1-2):107-10. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94001284; van den Bergh Weerman MA; van Gool T; Eeftinck Schattenkerk JK; Dingemans KP; Department of Pathology, University of Amsterdam, Academic; Medical Centre, The Netherlands.; We use EM with increasing frequency for the identification of opportunistic parasitic infections in HIV-infected individuals. Apart from Pneumocytis carinii, Toxoplasma, Cryptosporidium, and Leishmania, we studied several aspects of microsporidiosis . Infection with the
Pharmacokinetics of zidovudine after the initial single dose and during chronic-dose therapy in HIV-infected patients.: Br J Clin Pharmacol. 1993 Aug;36(2):128-31. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94001334; Gallicano K; Sahai J; Ormsby E; Cameron DW; Pakuts A; McGilveray I; Bureau of Drug Research, Health & Welfare Canada, Ottawa.; The pharmacokinetics of zidovudine in 10 symptomatic HIV-infected men were assessed after administration of the initial 200 mg oral dose at the start of therapy (day 1) and on one occasion during non steady-state conditions of chronic-dose therapy (200 mg every 4 h while awake on day 21-66; 5 doses per day). The follo
[Emergency surgery in the era of AIDS (editorial)]: G Chir. 1993 Jul;14(6):273-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94001374; Stella S
Classical disseminated Kaposi's sarcoma in HIV-negative patients; an unusually indolent subtype.: Br J Cancer. 1993 Oct;68(4):775-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94001479; Ron IG; Kuten A; Wigler N; Fried G; Nitezky S; Inbar MJ; Dale J; Chaitchik S; Department of Oncology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler; School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.; Kaposi s sarcoma is a rare neoplasm of characteristic chronicity. The classical form which occurs most often in elderly men of Eastern European origin, comprises both an indolent, cutaneous type marked by spontaneous regression with prolonged survival, and a rarer, disseminated variant is more fulminant. Seven elderly
Infection control. HIV and the health care worker (Part 1).: Nurs Stand. 1993 Jul 28-Aug 3;7(45):38-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94001498; Hart S; Recent press attention on HIV infected health care workers has brought the issue of nurses and hospitals responsibility for notifying patients of their HIV status to the fore. In the first of two consecutive articles, the author outlines the Department of Health s guidance on the issue of nurses responsibility.
Infection control. HIV and the health care worker (Part 2).: Nurs Stand. 1993 Aug 4-10;7(46):29-30. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94001510; Hart S; This second article on the importance of notifying patients of the HIV status of health care workers focuses on the responsibility of hospitals and health authority personnel. The author discusses the recent Department of Health guidelines on the subject and highlights the need for nurses to be aware of them.
The Health of the Nation: happy anniversary.: Nurs Stand. 1993 Aug 18-24;7(48):20-1. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94001533; George M
Infection precautions in a burns unit.: Nurs Stand. 1993 Aug 18-24;7(48):25-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94001535; Locke G; Staff working with patients with burns are regularly exposed to large amounts of potentially infected blood. With the steady rise of HIV infection in the general population it is no longer appropriate to classify patients as at high or low risk of infection. This article describes the introduction of cost-effective pr
Isoniazid prophylaxis and HIV seropositivity [news]: Nurs Stand. 1993 Aug 25-31;7(49):17. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94001543
Promote condom use for all sexual relationships [news]: Nurs Stand. 1993 Aug 25-31;7(49):17. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94001544
Confirmation of viral safety of dry heated factor VIII concentrate (8Y) prepared by Bio Products Laboratory (BPL): a report on behalf of U.K. Haemophilia Centre Directors.: Br J Haematol. 1993 Jun;84(2):269-72. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94001603; Rizza CR; Fletcher ML; Kernoff PB; Oxford Haemophilia Centre, Churchill Hospital.; Twenty-seven factor VIII deficient patients who had previously not been treated with blood or blood products were studied after infusion of a total of 24 batches of NHS factor VIII (8Y) concentrate produced by Bio-Products Laboratory, Elstree. Follow-up was carried out according to guidelines laid down by the Internat
A pilot study of low-dose recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in chronic neutropenia.: Br J Haematol. 1993 Jun;84(2):338-40. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94001616; Kaczmarski RS; Pozniak A; Lakhani A; Harvey E; Mufti GJ; Department of Haematological Medicine, King's College School of; Medicine and Dentistry, London.; Recombinant human granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (rhGM-CSF) is under investigation for the treatment of a wide range of haematological disorders. At commonly used doses of > 120 micrograms/m2/d, extramedullary toxicity is common. We report the effects of low-dose (LD) rhGM-CSF in patients with chroni
HIV-1-prevalence in fatalities from Hamburg, Germany.: Int J Legal Med. 1993;106(1):11-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94001665; Lockemann U; Schulz-Schaeffer W; Wischhusen F; Laufs R; Puschel K; Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Hamburg, Germany.; The HIV-status of 3999 fatalities (aged 1-60 years) examined at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Hamburg from 1989-1992 was tested. Former predictions of an enormous increase of HIV-infections, especially in the risk group of IVDA (intravenous drug addicts), did not come true. HIV-screening of fatalities is an in
HIV screening and blood transfusion [editorial; comment]: West Afr J Med. 1993 Apr-Jun;12(2):76. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94001729; Neequaye AR
Screening of blood donors for antibody to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 [see comments]: West Afr J Med. 1993 Apr-Jun;12(2):93-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94001734; Acquaye JK; National Blood Transfusion Service, Korle Bu Ghana.; 29,575 blood donors of whom about 20% were voluntary were screened for HIV 1. During the three years period 1988 to 1990 four different tests kits were used. Three were ELISA methods and one an agglutination method. Comparison of the monthly seropositivity for each year showed variations of 0.9 to 4.4% for the first y
Induction of CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes by immunization with syngeneic irradiated HIV-1 envelope derived peptide-pulsed dendritic cells.: Int Immunol. 1993 Aug;5(8):849-57. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94001802; Takahashi H; Nakagawa Y; Yokomuro K; Berzofsky JA; Department of Microbilogy and Immunology, Nippon Medical School,; Tokyo, Japan.; Based on the evidence that CD8+ cytotoxic T cells (CTL) precursors do not appear to distinguish between virus-infected cells and viral peptide-pulsed syngeneic cells, we have developed methods for priming class I MHC molecule restricted CD8+ CTL with such peptides without using any adjuvant. We were able to prime in v
Reversal of feline leukemia virus infection by adoptive transfer of lectin/interleukin-2-activated lymphocytes, interferon-alpha, and zidovudine.: J Immunother. 1993 Jul;14(1):22-32. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94001897; Zeidner NS; Mathiason-DuBard CK; Hoover EA; Department of Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins; 80523.; Previous experimental studies utilizing human recombinant interferon-alpha-2b (IFN alpha-2b) alone or with zidovudine ( AZT ) to treat established feline leukemia virus (FeLV) infection resulted in a significant reduction in circulating virus throughout
A phase-I clinical study of low-dose oral interferon-alpha.: J Immunother. 1993 Jul;14(1):51-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94001900; Dhingra K; Duvic M; Hymes S; McLaughlin P; Rothberg J; Gutterman JU; Department of Medical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson; Cancer Center, Houston.; Twenty-five patients with systemic malignancies or cutaneous disorders were treated with low dosages (1-16 IU/kg/day) of oral interferon-alpha in a phase-I study. There were no grade-3 or -4 toxicities. No patients achieved a partial or complete response. One patient with renal cell carcinoma had prolonged disease sta
Biochemical characterization of binding of multiple HIV-1 Rev monomeric proteins to the Rev responsive element.: Biochemistry. 1993 Oct 5;32(39):10497-505. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002038; Daly TJ; Doten RC; Rennert P; Auer M; Jaksche H; Donner A; Fisk G; Rusche JR; Repligen Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139.; Recombinant HIV-1 Rev protein was overexpressed in Escherichia coli using translational coupling to the beta-glucuronidase gene and demonstrated to interact with high affinity and specificity with the Rev responsive element (RRE). A complex Rev-dependent binding pattern was observed using the gel shift assay which cou
HIV and adolescence [editorial]: J Adolesc Health. 1993 Jul;14(5):348. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002090; Litt IF
Guide to adolescent HIV/AIDS program development.: J Adolesc Health. 1993 Jul;14(5 Suppl):1S-140S. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002105; Kunins H; Hein K; Futterman D; Tapley E; Elliot AS
Nurse leader Kristine Gebbie nominated by President Clinton as AIDS policy coordinator [news]: Tenn Nurse. 1993 Summer;56(2):7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002109
The behavior of free purine nucleotides in lymphocytes infected with HIV-1 virus.: Biochim Biophys Acta. 1993 Oct 20;1182(3):317-22. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002234; Tabucchi A; Carlucci F; Re MC; Furlini G; Consolmagno E; Leoncini R; Pizzichini M; Marinello E; Rubino M; Pagani R; Istituto di Biochimica e di Enzimologia, Universita di Siena,; Italy.; The purine nucleotide content was examined in various cells before and after HIV-1 virus infection: healthy peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) and cultured PBL after infection; the PBL of asymptomatic, ARC and AIDS patients. In all cases, changes in purine nucleotide concentrations were observed. The pattern of purine
[Helicobacter pylori and HIV infection (letter)]: Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 1993 Aug-Sep;11(7):395. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002355; Quiros A; Quiros E; Garcia F; Bernal MC; Hernandez-Quero J; Maroto MC
What is the potential for a heterosexual HIV epidemic in the UK? [editorial]: Int J STD AIDS. 1993 Jul-Aug;4(4):187-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002372; Easterbrook PJ; Hawkins DA
The use of pelvic ultrasound in female patients attending a GUM clinic.: Int J STD AIDS. 1993 Jul-Aug;4(4):190-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002373; Huengsberg M; MacDonald LM; Bradbeer CS; Department of Genito-Urinary Medicine, St Thomas' Hospital,; London, UK.; This is a retrospective review of 279 pelvic ultrasound examinations requested over 19 months by a department of GU medicine. An abnormal ultrasound was rarely seen in women with pain but no pelvic mass (16%). If a mass was found on bimanual palpation, the yield of abnormal ultrasound was much higher (52%). Pelvic ult
An open, comparative, study of the efficacy of 0.5% podophyllotoxin lotion and 25% podophyllotoxin solution in the treatment of condylomata acuminata in males and females.: Int J STD AIDS. 1993 Jul-Aug;4(4):194-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002374; Kinghorn GR; McMillan A; Mulcahy F; Drake S; Lacey C; Bingham JS; Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Royal Hallamshire Hospital,; Sheffield, UK.; The efficacy and safety of topical treatment for external condylomata acuminata with either self-applied 0.5% podophyllotoxin (PT) or hospital-applied 25% podophyllin (PODO) solution was compared in 138 males and 67 females in an open multicentre study. After one week of treatment, wart clearance was observed in 53% o
Knowledge of HIV transmission and risk behaviour in Kenyan health care workers.: Int J STD AIDS. 1993 Jul-Aug;4(4):200-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002375; Rogstad KE; Tesfaledet G; Abdullah MS; Ahmed-Jushuf IH; Department of Genito-Urinary Medicine, City Hospital, Nottingham,; UK.; In order to determine knowledge of HIV transmission, sexual risk behaviour and perception of risk in African health care workers, 200 employees at the Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya , were asked to complete an anonymous self-administered questionnaire. There was a 75% response rat
The epidemiology of genital chlamydial infection in South Australia.: Int J STD AIDS. 1993 Jul-Aug;4(4):204-10. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002376; Hart G; STD Control Branch, Rundle Mall PO, South Australia.; All laboratory tests performed and medical reports received in South Australia in 1990-1991 and screening results for Chlamydia trachomatis at the central STD clinic from 1988-1991 were analysed to clarify the epidemiology of genital chlamydial infection. From 70,494 laboratory
HIV infection among STD patients--Kigali, Rwanda, 1988 to 1991.: Int J STD AIDS. 1993 Jul-Aug;4(4):211-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002377; Karita E; Martinez W; Van de Perre P; Nziyumvira A; Nyiraminani J; Butera JB; Fox E; Rwanda National AIDS Control Program, Ministry of Health, Kigali,; Rwanda.; To follow the progression of HIV seropositivity among heterosexual adults at risk for HIV infection in the country of Rwanda prospectively, up to 100 patients with sexually transmitted diseases (STD) were tested each month from 1988 to 1991 at the health centre of Biryogo, which isn
Intracavernosal papaverine and phentolamine for the medical management of erectile dysfunction in a genitourinary clinic.: Int J STD AIDS. 1993 Jul-Aug;4(4):214-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002378; Armstrong DK; Convery A; Dinsmore WW; Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital,; Belfast, Northern Ireland.; A total of 160 men with erectile failure received treatment with 13,030 intracavernosal papaverine and phentolamine injections as outpatients. One-hundred-and-fifteen (72%) achieved an erection sufficient for sexual intercourse and after a mean follow-up period of 14.1 months, 55 (48%) are still attending and successfn
Sexually transmitted diseases and sexual behaviour as risk factors for HIV-2 infection in Bissau, Guinea Bissau.: Int J STD AIDS. 1993 Jul-Aug;4(4):217-21. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002379; Naucler A; Albino P; Da Silva AP; Biberfeld G; National Bacteriological Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden.; Patients enrolled in a hospital-based case control study (n = 1009) and a follow-up study (n = 130) of HIV-2 infection in Bissau were investigated with regard to sexual behaviour and sexually transmitted diseases (STD). A history of genital ulcer was more frequent in HIV-2 infected male patients (46.4%, 13 out of 28) n
Use of a Dublin inner city A & E department by patients with known HIV-1 infection.: Int J STD AIDS. 1993 Jul-Aug;4(4):222-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002380; Desmond N; Murphy M; Plunkett P; Mulcahy F; Department of Genitourinary Medicine, St. James's Hospital,; Dublin, Ireland.; During the period January 1990 to January 1992 260 patients known to be infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) attended the Accident & Emergency (A & E) Department of St James s Hospital, Dublin. There was a total of 709 visits with a mean annual attendance rate of 2.7, twice that for the gen
An audit of treatment of genital warts: opening the feedback loop [published erratum appears in Int J STD AIDS 1993 Nov-Dec;4(6):366]: Int J STD AIDS. 1993 Jul-Aug;4(4):226-31. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002381; Reynolds M; Murphy M; Waugh MA; Lacey CJ; Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Leeds General Infirmary.; An audit of the treatment of patients (100 men and 90 women) presenting with a first episode of anogenital warts to the Genitourinary Medicine Department at Leeds General Infirmary was performed. Treatment of patients was monitored for a period of 6 months from the time of presentation. The management of patients with
Why virgins attend sexually transmitted disease clinics.: Int J STD AIDS. 1993 Jul-Aug;4(4):232-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002382; Bodsworth NJ; Knight V; Rohrsheim R; Sydney Sexual Health Centre, Sydney Hospital, Australia.; We sought to ascertain the reasons why virgins might attend sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinics. The medical records of 31 patients (18 males and 13 females) attending a major public STD clinic and who declared no lifetime sexual partners were examined. Nine subjects were concerned about genital anatomical vari
Causes of weight loss in human immunodeficiency virus infection.: Int J STD AIDS. 1993 Jul-Aug;4(4):234-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002383; Summerbell CD; Perrett JP; Gazzard BG; Department of Human Nutrition, St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical; College, London, UK.; The medical records of all 420 patients attending an outpatient clinic between June 1990 and June 1991 were retrospectively reviewed for causes of weight loss. Of the 121 (29%) patients who had lost weight, the majority had a clear contributing cause; opportunistic infections (n = 57), psychosocial factors (n = 20), d
Psychiatric morbidity in women attending a clinic for vulval problems--is there a higher rate in vulvodynia?: Int J STD AIDS. 1993 Jul-Aug;4(4):237-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002384; Jadresic D; Barton S; Neill S; Staughton R; Marwood R; Department of Psychiatry, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London,; UK.; A General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) was completed by 55 women attending a clinic for vulval problems in central London. The GHQ-caseness rate was 40% from which the psychiatric morbidity in the sample was estimated to be 32%. The level of psychiatric morbidity in 10 women with a diagnosis of vulvodynia was similar to
Mycobacterium avium complex infection presenting as acute hepatitis in an AIDS patient: clinical and ethical problems encountered.: Int J STD AIDS. 1993 Jul-Aug;4(4):240-1. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002385; Higgins SP; Bradbeer CS; Bateman NT; Department of Genito-urinary Medicine, St Thomas' Hospital,; London, UK.
Extramammary Paget's disease presenting as condylomata lata.: Int J STD AIDS. 1993 Jul-Aug;4(4):242-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002386; Mohammed KN; Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Sultanah Aminah; General Hospital, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
A Bayesian approach to the detection of aberrations in public health surveillance data.: Epidemiology. 1993 Sep;4(5):435-43. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002572; Stroup DF; Thacker SB; Division of Surveillance and Epidemiology, Centers for Disease; Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333.; The accurate and timely detection of unusual patterns in data from public health surveillance systems presents an important challenge to health workers interested in early identification of epidemics or clues to important risk factors. We apply the Kalman filter, a Bayesian method, to public health surveillance data c
The heterosexual HIV risk debate [letter; comment]: Aust J Public Health. 1993 Jun;17(2):176-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002598; Richters J
Attitudes and behaviours surrounding the HIV test [letter; comment]: Aust J Public Health. 1993 Jun;17(2):177-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002599; Donovan B
Are all gay men pre-AIDS cases? [letter]: Aust J Public Health. 1993 Jun;17(2):178-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002600; Schuklenk U
Biological nature of feline immunodeficiency virus.: J Vet Med Sci. 1993 Aug;55(4):519-26. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002623; Miyazawa T; Mikami T; Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture,; University of Tokyo, Japan.; Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) was first isolated in 1986 from a cat with an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-like disease. This virus has many characteristics in common with human immunodeficiency virus which is an etiological agent of AIDS in human and is classified as a member of the lentivirus genus
The effects of the human immunodeficiency virus on visual information processing.: Biol Psychiatry. 1993 Aug 1;34(3):194-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002717; Takakuwa KM; Callaway E; Naylor H; Herzig KE; Yano LM; Department of Psychiatry Research, San Francisco Veterans; Administration Medical Center, CA 94121.
Clinical manifestations of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus in women in Louisiana.: Clin Infect Dis. 1993 Aug;17(2):165-72. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002769; Clark RA; Brandon W; Dumestre J; Pindaro C; Section of HIV, Louisiana State University School of Medicine,; New Orleans 70112.; To better understand the clinical manifestations of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in women in Louisiana, we conducted a retrospective review of the records of HIV-infected women who presented to the largest HIV outpatient clinic in Louisiana as well as to a tertiary care university hospital in New Orlea
Clindamycin/primaquine versus trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole as primary therapy for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in AIDS: a randomized, double-blind pilot trial.: Clin Infect Dis. 1993 Aug;17(2):178-84. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002771; Toma E; Fournier S; Dumont M; Bolduc P; Deschamps H; Hotel-Dieu de Montreal, Quebec, Canada.; The aim of this double-blind pilot trial was to compare clindamycin/primaquine with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMZ) as primary treatment for AIDS-related Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP). The focus was on toxicity and tolerability since comparisons of efficacy were limited by the small sample size. Sixty-f
Increased risk of meningitis and bacteremia due to Listeria monocytogenes in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.: Clin Infect Dis. 1993 Aug;17(2):224-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002779; Jurado RL; Farley MM; Pereira E; Harvey RC; Schuchat A; Wenger JD; Stephens DS; Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine,; Atlanta, Georgia 30303.; The incidence, demographics, and clinical outcome of infections due to Listeria monocytogenes in individuals infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) were evaluated by prospective population-based surveillance. During a 2-year study period, 37 cases of invasive listeriosis occurred in metropolitan Atlanta
Rapid response of AIDS-related bacillary angiomatosis to azithromycin.: Clin Infect Dis. 1993 Aug;17(2):264-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002789; Guerra LG; Neira CJ; Boman D; Ho H; Casner PR; Zuckerman M; Verghese A; Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health; Sciences Center, El Paso 79905-1298.; A 28-year-old male with AIDS and a CD4 cell count of 100/mm3 presented with fever, hepatosplenomegaly, weight loss, and multiple, polypoid, angiomatous lesions on his face. It was determined by means of biopsy that the lesions were due to bacillary angiomatosis . The patient w
Significance of hypoglycorrhachia in patients with AIDS and cytomegalovirus meningoencephalitis [letter]: Clin Infect Dis. 1993 Aug;17(2):283-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002794; Singh N; Anderegg KA; Yu VL
Cranial epidural abscess due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a patient infected with the human immunodeficiency virus [letter]: Clin Infect Dis. 1993 Aug;17(2):289-90. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002799; Gettler JF; el-Sadr W
Bloodstream infection with Oligella ureolytica, Candida krusei, and Bacteroides species in a patient with AIDS [letter]: Clin Infect Dis. 1993 Aug;17(2):290-1. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002800; Manian FA
Cryptosporidiosis in patients with AIDS [letter; comment]: Clin Infect Dis. 1993 Aug;17(2):297-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002806; Anand A
Immunomodulation in vivo by the Mycoplasma arthritidis superantigen, MAM.: Clin Infect Dis. 1993 Aug;17 Suppl 1:S163-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002822; Cole BC; Ahmed E; Araneo BA; Shelby J; Kamerath C; Wei S; McCall S; Atkin CL; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of; Medicine, Salt Lake City 84132.; Mycoplasma arthritidis produces a potent superantigen (MAM) that activates specific murine and human T lymphocytes to proliferate and secrete lymphokines. We show here that MAM also influences both T- and B-cell functions in vivo. Lymphocytes from mice injected with MAM exhibit a suppression of proliferative responses
HIV infection/AIDS in the United States during the 1990s.: Clin Infect Dis. 1993 Aug;17 Suppl 1:S219-23. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002833; Biggar RJ; Rosenberg PS; Viral Epidemiology Section, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda,; Maryland.; Estimates derived by backcalculation indicate that 628,000 to 988,000 Americans had become infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as of 1 January 1991. In persons exposed heterosexually, the incidence of HIV infection is still increasing, but in other groups, it is stable or decreasing from peak rates that o
Nonhuman primate models for AIDS.: Clin Infect Dis. 1993 Aug;17 Suppl 1:S230-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002835; Fultz PN; Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham; 35294.; Historically, animal model systems have been important components of biomedical research, and the same is proving true for research directed at the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pandemic. The most relevant and valuable models for studying infection by HIV-1 and HIV-2 and progression to AIDS involve infection of n
Pathogenesis of lymphoid interstitial pneumonia in natural and experimental ovine lentivirus infection.: Clin Infect Dis. 1993 Aug;17 Suppl 1:S236-42. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002836; DeMartini JC; Brodie SJ; de la Concha-Bermejillo A; Ellis JA; Lairmore MD; Department of Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins; 80523.; Ovine lentivirus (OvLV), as a member of the lentivirinae subfamily of Retroviridae, shares morphological, genomic, and cytopathic features with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Although OvLV infection does not induce profound immune deficiency in sheep, it has many similarities with HIV infection, such as the capac
Titers of antibody to Mycoplasma in sera of patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus.: Clin Infect Dis. 1993 Aug;17 Suppl 1:S254-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002839; Tully JG; Shih JW; Wang RH; Rose DL; Lo SC; Mycoplasma Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious; Diseases, Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center,; Maryland 21702.; One hundred sixty-seven sera collected from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative blood donors (n = 41), asymptomatic HIV-positive patients (n = 75), and patients with AIDS (n = 51) were compared in a metabolism inhibition serological test employing antigens to four distinct Mycoplasma species. The proportion of
Adult respiratory distress syndrome with or without systemic disease associated with infections due to Mycoplasma fermentans.: Clin Infect Dis. 1993 Aug;17 Suppl 1:S259-63. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002840; Lo SC; Wear DJ; Green SL; Jones PG; Legier JF; American Registry of Pathology, Department of Infectious and; Parasitic Diseases Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of; Pathology, Washington, D.C. 20306-6000.; An unusual but typical clinicopathological presentation was noted among several groups of previously healthy, human immunodeficiency virus-negative patients who had an apparent fulminant infectious disease but had no etiologic agent identified. The clinical courses were characterized by rapid progression and developme
Identification of mycoplasmas in urine from persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus.: Clin Infect Dis. 1993 Aug;17 Suppl 1:S264-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002841; Chirgwin KD; Cummings MC; DeMeo LR; Murphy M; McCormack WM; Department of Medicine, State University of New York Health; Science Center, Brooklyn 11203.; Voided urine samples from persons with and without human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection were examined for mycoplasmas. Mycoplasma hominis organisms were identified in cultures of urine from 32 (18%) of 180 HIV-positive individuals and from 8 (21%) of 38 HIV-negative individuals. In contrast, glucose-utilizing
The metabolism of AIDS-associated mycoplasmas.: Clin Infect Dis. 1993 Aug;17 Suppl 1:S267-71. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002842; Pollack JD; Jones MA; Williams MV; Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, College of; Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210.; Mycoplasma fermentans and Mycoplasma pirum have been recovered from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive persons. M. fermentans has been isolated with much higher frequency from HIV-positive than from HIV-negative persons. Mycoplasma genitalium has been detected by polymerase chain reaction in the blood of a pa
Models of infection due to mycoplasmas, including Mycoplasma fermentans, in the genital tract and other sites in mice.: Clin Infect Dis. 1993 Aug;17 Suppl 1:S280-2. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002844; Taylor-Robinson D; Furr PM; Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Clinical Research; Centre, Harrow, Middlesex, United Kingdom.; Progesterone induces susceptibility in murine genital tracts to Mycoplasma pulmonis, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and Mycoplasma genitalium when each is given intravaginally. In contrast, estradiol, but not progesterone, induced such susceptibility to Ureaplasma urealyticum, Mycoplasma hominis, and Mycoplasma fermentans, th
Cytopathogenicity of Mycoplasma fermentans (including strain incognitus).: Clin Infect Dis. 1993 Aug;17 Suppl 1:S289-301. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002846; Stadtlander CT; Watson HL; Simecka JW; Cassell GH; Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama, School of; Medicine, Birmingham 35294.; Mycoplasma fermentans strain incognitus, an organism recently identified in tissues of patients with AIDS and in tissues of otherwise healthy adults with an acute fatal respiratory disease, was evaluated for cytopathogenicity for tracheal tissue in vivo and in vitro. In this study, the organism produced a chronic infe
Mycoplasma fermentans (incognitus strain) cells are able to fuse with T lymphocytes.: Clin Infect Dis. 1993 Aug;17 Suppl 1:S305-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002848; Dimitrov DS; Franzoso G; Salman M; Blumenthal R; Tarshis M; Barile MF; Rottem S; Section on Membrane Structure and Function, National Cancer; Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.; Characteristics of the fusion of Mycoplasma fermentans (incognitus strain) with cultured lymphocytes were investigated. The rate and extent of fusion were monitored continuously in an assay that measured lipid mixing on the basis of dequenching of a fluorescent probe, octadecylrhodamine (R18), incorporated into mycopl
Mycoplasmas as cofactors in infection due to the human immunodeficiency virus.: Clin Infect Dis. 1993 Aug;17 Suppl 1:S309-15. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002849; Montagnier L; Blanchard A; Institut Pasteur, Departement du SIDA et des Retrovirus, Unite; d'Oncologie Virale, Paris, France.; Results obtained in vitro suggest that mycoplasmas act as cofactors with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the development of AIDS. Mycoplasmas, including Mycoplasma fermentans, Mycoplasma pirum, and Mycoplasma penetrans have since been isolated from HIV-infected individuals. In addition, M. fermentans has bee
Infections caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae and possible carrier state in different populations of patients.: Clin Infect Dis. 1993 Aug;17 Suppl 1:S37-46. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002851; Foy HM; Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle; 98195.; Mycoplasma pneumoniae causes not only pneumonia but also other respiratory syndromes such as bronchitis, bronchiolitis, pharyngitis, and croup. These infections mimic viral respiratory syndromes. Most cases are treated on an outpatient basis. Epidemics take place at intervals of 4-7 years. The incidence rate is highes
Carbohydrates and the pathogenesis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection and AIDS--some observations and speculations.: Clin Infect Dis. 1993 Aug;17 Suppl 1:S63-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002855; Feizi T; Glycoconjugates Section, MRC Clinical Research Centre, Harrow,; Middlesex, United Kingdom.; Carbohydrate-mediated interactions are prominent in the pathobiology of human infection with Mycoplasma pneumoniae. The mycoplasma uses specific long-chain sialo-oligosaccharides at the host-cell surface as receptors. These sialo-oligosaccharides contain I antigen in their backbones, and they are richly expressed at t
Serological diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections: a critical review of current procedures.: Clin Infect Dis. 1993 Aug;17 Suppl 1:S79-82. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002858; Jacobs E; Institut fur Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Klinikum,; Universitat Freiburg, Germany.; Respiratory diseases due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae are still confirmed with serological methods, although during the acute phase of M. pneumoniae disease indicative parameters are frequently negative. This result is true not only for serodiagnosis based on tests for the presence of cold hemagglutinin (the first but uns
Detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Mycoplasma genitalium in clinical samples by polymerase chain reaction.: Clin Infect Dis. 1993 Aug;17 Suppl 1:S83-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002859; de Barbeyrac B; Bernet-Poggi C; Febrer F; Renaudin H; Dupon M; Bebear C; Laboratoire de Bacteriologie, Hopital Pellegrin, Bordeaux,; France.; Respiratory tract specimens, 75 bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) samples and 19 throat swabs from 75 hospitalized adult patients (of whom 55 were seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus) with pulmonary infiltrates, were examined for Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Mycoplasma genitalium by culture and polymerase chain reac
HIV-1 protease inhibitors: synthesis and biological evaluation of glycopeptidemimetics.: Drug Des Discov. 1993;10(1):77-88. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002917; Ghosh AK; McKee SP; Sanders WM; Darke PL; Zugay JA; Emini EA; Schleif WA; Quintero JC; Huff JR; Anderson PS; Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Merck; Research Laboratories, West Point, Pennsylvania 19486.; A series of glycopeptidemimetics based on the hydroxyethylene Phe-Phe isostere have been synthesized and evaluated for their ability to inhibit the enzyme HIV-1 protease. Incorporation of carbohydrate moieties at the P 2-position and elimination of P 3 amino acid in our lead compound 1, provided inhibitors with only n
A formulation for correlating properties of peptides and its application to predicting human immunodeficiency virus protease-cleavable sites in proteins.: Biopolymers. 1993 Sep;33(9):1405-14. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002961; Chou JJ; Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48104.; A mathematical frame has been established to generally formulate the correlating properties of peptides. The formulation can be used to study the specificity of multisite enzymes, particularly in predicting the susceptible sites in proteins by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) proteases, and hence can serve as a supp
HIV infection in non-pregnant women: a review of current knowledge.: Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 1993 Aug;5(4):527-33. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002982; Warren DL; Duerr A; Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and; Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.; HIV infection has become an important health problem among American women. The natural history of HIV infection and AIDS appears to be similar for women and men, and preliminary studies demonstrate similar survival and clinical events for both sexes. The natural history and presentation of common gynecologic infection
Quantitative differences in phagocytosis and degradation of Pneumocystis carinii by alveolar macrophages in AIDS and non-HIV patients in vivo.: Cytopathology. 1993;4(4):231-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94002990; Wehle K; Schirmer M; Dunnebacke-Hinz J; Kupper T; Pfitzer P; Department of Cytopathology, Heinrich Heine University,; Dusseldorf, Germany.; Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) specimens (n = 213) from AIDS and non-HIV immunosuppressed patients were investigated for the presence of Pneumocystis carinii infection by fluorescence microscopy of Papanicolaou-stained slides. Alveolar casts, extracellular pneumocysts and phagocytosed cysts and their degradation product
Isolation and partial characterization of nigrin b, a non-toxic novel type 2 ribosome-inactivating protein from the bark of Sambucus nigra L.: Plant Mol Biol. 1993 Sep;22(6):1181-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94003077; Girbes T; Citores L; Ferreras JM; Rojo MA; Iglesias R; Munoz R; Arias FJ; Calonge M; Garcia JR; Mendez E; Departamento de Bioquimica y Biologia Molecular, Facultad de; Ciencias, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain.; The bark of Sambucus nigra L. contains a non-toxic novel type 2 ribosome-inactivating protein that we named nigrin b. In vitro, nigrin b strongly inhibited mammalian protein synthesis but did not affect plant nor bacterial protein synthesis. The protein (M(r) 58,000) contains two subunits, A (M(r) 26,000) and B (M(r)
Prevention begins in school [editorial]: J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 1993 Jul-Sep;4(3):11. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94003131; Kalinoski J
Suggestions for clinical nursing research: symptom management in AIDS patients.: J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 1993 Jul-Sep;4(3):13-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94003132; Zeller JM; Swanson B; Cohen FL; Department of Medical Nursing, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's; Medical Center, Chicago, IL.; Clinical nurse researchers are challenged to formulate and test effective interventions to alleviate the symptoms associated with HIV/AIDS. Although many symptom-management studies have been conducted on specific populations, such as oncology patients, few related nursing studies of persons infected with HIV have been
Prayer, meditation, exercise, and special diets: behaviors of the hardy person with HIV/AIDS.: J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 1993 Jul-Sep;4(3):18-28. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94003133; Carson VB; University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore.; Literature on long-term survivors with AIDS is replete with anecdotal evidence linking survival to such things as (a) holding a positive attitude toward the illness; (b) participating in health-promoting behaviors; (c) engaging in spiritual activities; and (d) taking part in AIDS-related activities. To determine wheth
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for the treatment of debilitating fatigue associated with HIV/AIDS.: J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 1993 Jul-Sep;4(3):33-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94003134; Reillo MR; Maryland Medical Center, Bethesda.; Twenty-five HIV-infected patients underwent hyperbaric oxygen therapy to determine the treatment s effectiveness in relieving the debilitating fatigue associated with HIV/AIDS and its effect on immunologic function. Patients were treated with 100% oxygen at two atmospheres of absolute pressure three times per week for
Health concerns of women with HIV/AIDS.: J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 1993 Jul-Sep;4(3):39-45. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94003135; Rose MA; University of South Florida College of Nursing, Tampa.; The author s purpose was to explore the health concerns of women with HIV/AIDS. Eleven HIV-positive women were interviewed using the Omaha System to organize the interview data for content analysis. Data were classified into environmental, health-behavioral, physiological, and psychosocial concerns. Comparisons of the
Howard University College of Nursing graduate studies subspecialty in HIV/AIDS: the first year.: J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 1993 Jul-Sep;4(3):46-52. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94003136; Nicholas DE; Howard University College of Nursing, Washington, DC.; Howard University traditionally has educated leaders to focus on underserved minorities in the inner city. The magnitude of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, which disproportionately affects poor and disenfranchised minority groups in the United States , underscores the need for specially prepared
Zalcitabine.: J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 1993 Jul-Sep;4(3):53-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94003137; Ungvarski P
The interleukin-2 receptor: a target for monoclonal antibody treatment of human T-cell lymphotrophic virus I-induced adult T-cell leukemia.: Blood. 1993 Sep 15;82(6):1701-12. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94003208; Waldmann TA; White JD; Goldman CK; Top L; Grant A; Bamford R; Roessler E; Horak ID; Zaknoen S; Kasten-Sportes C; et al; Metabolism Branch and Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer; Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.; Adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) is a malignancy of mature lymphocytes caused by the retrovirus human T-cell lymphotrophic virus-I (HTLV-I). It is an aggressive leukemia with an overall mortality rate of 50% within 5 months; no conventional chemotherapy regimen appears successful in inducing long-term disease-free survival
Clinical course of human T-lymphotropic virus type I carriers with molecularly detectable monoclonal proliferation of T lymphocytes: defining a low- and high-risk population.: Blood. 1993 Oct 1;82(7):2017-24. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94003250; Ikeda S; Momita S; Kinoshita K; Kamihira S; Moriuchi Y; Tsukasaki K; Ito M; Kanda T; Moriuchi R; Nakamura T; et al; Department of Hematology, Nagasaki University School of Medicine,; Japan.; To characterize the prodromal phase of adult T-cell leukemia (ATL), a prospective follow-up study was conducted on 50 carriers in a putative pre-ATL state. This state was defined by the presence of molecularly-detectable monoclonal proliferation of human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I)-infected T lymphocytes, and
X-linked chronic granulomatous disease: correction of NADPH oxidase defect by retrovirus-mediated expression of gp91-phox.: Blood. 1993 Oct 1;82(7):2196-202. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94003274; Porter CD; Parkar MH; Levinsky RJ; Collins MK; Kinnon C; Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Institute of Child; Health, London, United Kingdom.; Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is an inherited immunodeficiency resulting from the inability of an individual s phagocytes to produce superoxide anions because of defective NADPH oxidase. The disease may be treated by bone marrow transplantation and as such is a candidate for somatic gene therapy. Two thirds of p
A model of in vivo cell proliferation of adult T-cell leukemia.: Blood. 1993 Oct 15;82(8):2501-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94003317; Kondo A; Imada K; Hattori T; Yamabe H; Tanaka T; Miyasaka M; Okuma M; Uchiyama T; First Department of Internal Medicine and Laboratory of Anatomic; Pathology, Kyoto University, Japan.; We have made a model of in vivo cell proliferation of leukemic cells from adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) patients using severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mice. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) or lymph node cells (LNC) depleted of B cells and monocytes were intraperitoneally injected into SCID mice treated
Enterocytozoon bieneusi detection in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection and chronic diarrhoea: response to albendazole treatment.: Ital J Gastroenterol. 1993 Jul;25(6):321-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94003410; Di Candilo E; Bassotti G; Marroni M; Baldelli F; Morelli A; Istituto di Malattie Infettive, Universita degli Studi di; Perugia, Italy.; Diarrhoea is a common symptom among HIV-infected subjects. An infective cause is often missed. However, more recent knowledge about pathogens has led to the identification of newly recognized unusual microorganisms, such as Microsporidia. We report a case of infestation with these agents in an HIV-infected subject wit
Regulation of eukaryotic gene expression by transcriptional attenuation.: Mol Biol Cell. 1993 Jul;4(7):661-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94003502; Wright S; Wellcome/CRC Institute of Cancer and Developmental Biology,; Cambridge, England.
Myelitis and toxic, inflammatory, and infectious disorders.: Curr Opin Neurol Neurosurg. 1993 Aug;6(4):564-70. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94003571; Corboy JR; Price RW; University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic, Department of; Neurology, Minneapolis 55455-0323.; Spinal epidural abscess is a rare infection that is usually treated with surgery and antibiotics. A small number of patients have been treated with medical therapy alone. We review several recent series of spinal epidural abscess and discuss the controversy surrounding the use of medical therapy alone. We also review
Contact dermatitis due to surgical latex gloves--a personal experience.: Br J Theatre Nurs. 1993 Jul;3(4):18-21. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94003626; Waywell L; Within an operating department, the health workers are subjected to various real or potential hazards, from laser rays to contamination by blood. The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is just one of the reasons why gloves are worn for all procedures where contamination is possible. Various types of rubber or vinyl gl
A review and synthesis of the HIV/AIDS epidemic as a multi-stage process.: Math Biosci. 1993 Sep-Oct;117(1-2):19-33. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94003683; Billard L; Zhao Z; Department of Statistics, University of Georgia, Athens; 30602-1952.; As our understanding of the dynamics of the transmission of the HIV virus toward diagnosis of AIDS increases, numerous models are being developed to help explain the underlying mechanism. We show that many of the models established so far in the literature are examples of a general class of multi-stage epidemic models
An improved hybrid HIV/AIDS model geared to specific public health data and decision making.: Math Biosci. 1993 Sep-Oct;117(1-2):221-37. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94003686; Bailey NT; Bundesamt fur Gesundheitswesen, Liebefeld, Switzerland.; An improved version of a previously described compartmental dynamic model for the spread of the HIV virus and AIDS is presented in which the estimation of key parameters depends entirely on the use of good public health data. This means that practical applications to specific regions, using only local data, can be of
A conditional bootstrap procedure for reconstruction of the incubation period of AIDS.: Math Biosci. 1993 Sep-Oct;117(1-2):253-69. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94003688; Chen G; Yang GL; Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park; 20742.; Data on the incubation period of AIDS patients are often fragmented and censored. parametric models have been proposed in the literature to impute the missing segment of the incubation period. The numerical results vary widely with the parametric models used. We propose a nonparametric conditional bootstrap (CB) proce
The basic reproduction ratio for sexually transmitted diseases. Part 2. Effects of variable HIV infectivity.: Math Biosci. 1993 Sep-Oct;117(1-2):35-47. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94003692; Dietz K; Heesterbeek JA; Tudor DW; Institut fur Medizinische Biometrie, Universitat Tubingen,; Germany.; In this paper we investigate the effects of variable infectivity on the spread of HIV in a heterosexual population where pair formation and separation are taken into account. We calculate the basic reproduction ratio as a function of the number of new partners during the infectious period, keeping the total number of
Vaccine given bad press [letter]: BMJ. 1993 Aug 21;307(6902):506. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94004172; Davies PD
Confidentiality for doctors with AIDS. Guidelines must be reformed [letter]: BMJ. 1993 Aug 28;307(6903):566. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94004217; Sloan DS
Confidentiality for doctors with AIDS. Official sources maintained confidentiality [letter; comment]: BMJ. 1993 Aug 28;307(6903):566. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94004218; Emslie JA; Christie P
Argentinian doctors accused of spreading AIDS [news]: BMJ. 1993 Sep 4;307(6904):584. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94004234; Dyer E
Travel medicine and general practice: a suitable case for audit?: BMJ. 1993 Sep 4;307(6904):615-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94004246; Sloan DS; Travel medicine becomes more important with the continual expansion of international travel and the increased popularity of exotic holiday destinations. In the United Kingdom general practitioners provide the bulk of travel health advice and immunisation and there is growing interest i
Transmission of HIV in prison. Prisoners need condoms and clean needles [letter; comment] [see comments]: BMJ. 1993 Sep 4;307(6904):622. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94004254; Dunn J
Transmission of HIV prison. Prevention depends on enlightened approach [letter; comment]: BMJ. 1993 Sep 4;307(6904):622. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94004255; Riley A
Widow given aid to sue over use of zidovudine [news]: BMJ. 1993 Sep 11;307(6905):644. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94004279; Dyer C
Risk of HIV infection in homosexual men [letter; comment]: BMJ. 1993 Sep 11;307(6905):681. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94004301; Davies PM; Weatherburn P; Hickson FC; Keogh PG
Transmission of HIV in prison [letter; comment]: BMJ. 1993 Sep 11;307(6905):681. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94004302; Gore SM; Bird AG
Effect of a single exposure to hyperbaric oxygen on blood mononuclear cells in human subjects.: Undersea Hyperb Med. 1993 Sep;20(3):197-204. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94004389; Bitterman N; Bitterman H; Kinarty A; Melamed Y; Lahat N; Israeli Naval Hyperbaric Institute, Haifa.; We studied the effect of a single exposure to a therapeutic profile of hyperbaric oxygen on blood mononuclear cell subset. Twenty healthy volunteers were exposed to 0.28 MPa for 90 min. Thirteen breathed pure oxygen and seven were control subjects exposed to compressed air at the same pressure. Venous blood samples we
HIV risks for women drug injectors: heroin and amphetamine users compared.: Addiction. 1993 Aug;88(8):1055-62. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94004405; Klee H; Faculty of Community Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University,; UK.; The incidence of HIV infection among women in Europe and the US is growing rapidly. Women who inject drugs are particularly vulnerable--they may acquire the infection through sharing injecting equipment and through sexual contact with an infected male. Opioids and stimulants are reputed to have different effects upon
Evaluation of syringe-exchange for HIV prevention among injecting drug users in rural and urban areas of Wales.: Addiction. 1993 Aug;88(8):1063-70. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94004406; Keene J; Stimson GV; Jones S; Parry-Langdon N; Department of Psychiatry, Charing Cross and Westminster Medical; School, University of London, UK.; This paper considers the prevention of HIV in rural and urban areas among both opiate and non-opiate drug injectors. A 2-year study evaluated specialist and community based syringe-exchange provision in Wales. Numbers of clients and patterns of attendance at eight syringe-exchange schemes were monitored together with
Prevalence of alcohol problems among selected AIDS risk groups: United States, 1988.: Addiction. 1993 Aug;88(8):1139-47. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94004414; Stinson FS; DeBakey SF; Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System, Cygnus Corporation,; Washington, DC 20005.; Estimates of the prevalence of various alcohol problems (DSM-III-R alcohol abuse/dependence, heavier drinking, and consuming 5 or more/9 or more drinks per occasion) were examined for a general population group of 29,155 persons age 18 years and older at self-reported risk for contracting AIDS by several definitions.
Human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection in spouses of seropositive individuals.: Natl Med J India. 1993 Jul-Aug;6(4):156-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94004441; Nandi J; Banerjee K; Thakar M; Bhavalkar V; Rodrigues J; National Institute of Virology, Pune, Maharashtra, India.; BACKGROUND. Unprotected sex can lead to transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) to the spouse of an infected individual. We studied the incidence of HIV-1 infection in the spouses of cases diagnosed to have HIV-1 infection by serology and the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). METHODS. Blood samples c
Verification of protein structures: patterns of nonbonded atomic interactions.: Protein Sci. 1993 Sep;2(9):1511-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94004490; Colovos C; Yeates TO; Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California,; Los Angeles 90024-1569.; A novel method for differentiating between correctly and incorrectly determined regions of protein structures based on characteristic atomic interaction is described. Different types of atoms are distributed nonrandomly with respect to each other in proteins. Errors in model building lead to more randomized distributi
The impact of HIV-positive diagnosis on the individual, Part 1: Stigma, rejection, and loneliness.: Clin Nurs Res. 1993 Aug;2(3):245-63, discussion 263-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94004495; Laryea M; Gien L; The growing incidence of HIV infection and AIDS has generated panic, fear, anxiety, and negative attitudes among the general public. As an illness, HIV infection and AIDS have become the new sources of stigma. This article explores the stigma, rejection, and loneliness of 25 individuals with known HIV-infection/AIDS,
HIV infection after autologous bone marrow transplantation despite HIV-antibody and HIV-antigen screening.: Bone Marrow Transplant. 1993 Aug;12(2):167-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94004700; Jootar S; Angchaisuksiri P; Chiewsilp P; Sathapatayavongs B; Chuncharunee S; Tanprasert S; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi; Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.; We report a 41-year-old woman who underwent ABMT for non-Hodgkin s lymphoma during her third CR. Her post-transplant course was complicated by interstitial pneumonitis, hemorrhagic cystitis, cytopenia and episodes of infection from herpes zoster virus and Staphylococcus aureus. She
Towards an urban HIV policy.: Bull N Y Acad Med. 1993 Summer;70(1):37-49. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94004817; Joseph SC; School of Public Health, University of Minnesota.
Ancient disease on increase.: Nurs N Z. 1993 Sep;1(6):12-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94005176; Lamont C
Development of outcome-based practice guidelines: a method for structuring problems and synthesizing evidence.: Jt Comm J Qual Improv. 1993 Jul;19(7):248-63. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94005289; Owens DK; Nease RF Jr; Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Veterans; Affairs Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA.; BACKGROUND: The growth in guidance development projects has focused attention on the methods used in developing the guideline. For a guideline to be sound it should be linked on the basis of scientific evidence to the very health outcome that the guideline is designed to promote. METHODS: Structuring a health interven
Current epidemiologic consideration of periodontal disease.: Curr Opin Periodontol. 1993;:3-10. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94005330; Hancock EB; Newell DH; Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis 46202-5186.; Two interesting populations in periodontology have emerged this year. National and international reports have indicated that inflammatory periodontal disease is widespread in adolescents, although most of the cases of disease are considered to be in a reversible stage. Nevertheless, the attachment loss present portend
Periodontal considerations in the patient with HIV.: Curr Opin Periodontol. 1993;:43-51. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94005331; Ryder MI; School of Dentistry, University of California at San Francisco.; The HIV-associated periodontal diseases present unique challenges to the dental practitioner. The presence and severity of HIV-associated gingivitis, HIV-associated periodontitis, and possibly necrotizing ulcerative gingivostomatitis, and other oral lesions may indicate the presence and staging of HIV infection. In ge
AIDS project offers inspiration.: Aust Nurs J. 1993 Jul;1(1):25-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94005372; Fabb L
Progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy.: Br J Hosp Med. 1993 Aug 18-31;50(4):187-92. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94005381; Sweeney BJ; Miller RF; Harrison MJ; Department of Neurology, University College of London Medical; School, Middlesex Hospital.; Progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy (PML) is a progressive, usually fatal, demyelinating disease of the CNS that is associated with infection of oligodendrocytes by the papovavirus JC. The incidence of PML is rising as a consequence of the AIDS epidemic.
Fully implantable venous access systems [letter; comment]: Br J Surg. 1993 Sep;80(9):1218-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94005673; Armbruster CJ; Armbruster C
Acquired unbalanced hemoglobin chain synthesis during HIV infection.: C R Acad Sci III. 1993;316(4):437-40. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94005833; Galacteros F; Amaudric F; Prehu C; Feingold N; Doucet-Populaire F; Sobel A; Rosa J; INSERM U91 et Service de Biochimie, Hopital Henri-Mondor,; Creteil, France.; Few abnormalities have been described up to know in the red cell lineage of HIV patients except for a slight anemia. To better interpret this, a hemoglobin study was performed in a group of 71 HIV infected patients. By contrast to patients at stage II or III, those at stage IV of the disease had moderate elevation of
On-the-job exposure to HIV: reducing the RNs' risk (continuing education credit).: Calif Nurse. 1993 Sep;89(8):6-7, 12. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94005888; Carr G
HIV/AIDS, quirks and quarks [letter]: J Can Dent Assoc. 1993 Sep;59(9):710-1. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94005906; Gauger GE
Five-year experience of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 national screening program implemented at Veterans General Hospital-Taipei.: Chung Hua I Hsueh Tsa Chih (Taipei). 1993 Aug;52(2):71-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94005944; Cheng DL; Liu YC; Liu WT; Liu CY; Yen MY; Wang JH; Wang WW; Lin HH; Chen YS; Wang JH; Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Kaohsiung &; Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.; From July 1986 through June 1990, 33,199 sera from various risk groups were collected in Veterans General Hospital-Taipei for detection of antibody against human immunodeficiency virus, type 1 (HIV-1). Sixty-five samples were proved positive by Western blot analysis. Among individual high risk groups, hemophiliacs had
Endoscopic examination in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: Taiwan experience.: Chung Hua I Hsueh Tsa Chih (Taipei). 1993 Aug;52(2):77-80. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94005945; Chao Y; Wang SS; Lee MY; Chen CJ; Chang FY; Wong WW; Liu CY; Lee SD; Division of Gastroenterology, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei,; National Yang-Ming Medical College, Taiwan, R.O.C.; Endoscopic experience in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has rarely been reported in Taiwan . We present our experience in 9 AIDS patients (8 male and 1 female, age from 26 to 63 years) with 12 examinations. T
AIDS in the US: a decade of fear and cruel indifference.: Can Med Assoc J. 1993 Oct 1;149(7):1019-22. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94005995; Korcok M
Seroprevalence of and risk factors for HIV-1 infection in injection drug users in Montreal and Toronto: a collaborative study.: Can Med Assoc J. 1993 Oct 1;149(7):945-51. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94006010; Lamothe F; Bruneau J; Coates R; Rankin JG; Soto J; Arshinoff R; Brabant M; Vincelette J; Fauvel M; Centre de recherche clinique Andre-Viallet, Hopital Saint-Luc,; Montreal, Que.; OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of antibodies to HIV-1 and risk factors for HIV-1 infection among injection drug users. DESIGN: Questionnaire survey. A venous blood sample was taken for HIV-1 antibody testing. SETTING: Montreal and Toronto. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 810 subjects who had used injection drugs in t
Engraftment of human non-Hodgkin lymphomas in mice with severe combined immunodeficiency.: Cancer. 1993 Nov 1;72(9):2686-94. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94006087; Itoh T; Shiota M; Takanashi M; Hojo I; Satoh H; Matsuzawa A; Moriyama T; Watanabe T; Hirai K; Mori S; Department of Pathology, University of Tokyo, Japan.; BACKGROUND. Malignant non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is one of the most difficult neoplasms to transplant into nude mice. Mice with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) accept various human cancers much more efficiently than do nude mice. The authors investigated whether SCID mice could be used as convenient hosts in w
Sibling adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma and clustering of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I infection in a Jamaican family.: Cancer. 1993 Nov 1;72(9):2700-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94006089; Wilks RJ; LaGrenade L; Hanchard B; Campbell M; Murphy J; Cranston B; Blattner WA; Manns A; Department of Medicine, University of the West Indies, Kingston,; Jamaica.; BACKGROUND. Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) infection is endemic in Jamaica , with an estimated crude seroprevalence of 5%. Adult T-cell lymphoma/leukemia (ATL), a disease caused by HTLV-I, has an incidence of 1-2/100,000 in the Jamaican population. Familial ATL has
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Tat protein protects lymphoid, epithelial, and neuronal cell lines from death by apoptosis.: Cancer Res. 1993 Oct 1;53(19):4481-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94006221; Zauli G; Gibellini D; Milani D; Mazzoni M; Borgatti P; La Placa M; Capitani S; Institute of Human Anatomy, University of Ferrara, Italy.; We report here that the tat gene product of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 was able to protect lymphoblastoid (Jurkat), epithelial (293) and neuronal (PC12) cell lines from apoptotic death induced by serum withdrawal. The rescue from apoptosis by Tat was reflected by an increased expression of Bcl-2 protein in ta
[Immunologic follow-up of HIV-positive patients. C3, C4 complement components during HIV infection]: Cas Lek Cesk. 1993 Sep 13;132(17):526-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94006454; Skokanova V; Kaminkova J; Vacek Z; Stankova M; Oddeleni lekarske imunologie KHS, Praha, CSc.; Investigations of the authors patients with HIV infection revealed marked changes in the C3 and C4 components of complement. Of 61 investigated patients with HIV infection only 23 patients (37.7%) had values of the C3 component at the level recorded in controls. Values of the C4 component comparable with the control
Small molecules that selectively block RNA binding of HIV-1 Rev protein inhibit Rev function and viral production.: Cell. 1993 Sep 24;74(6):969-78. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94006529; Zapp ML; Stern S; Green MR; Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts; Medical Center, Worcester 01605.; Replication of RNA viruses, such as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), is dependent upon multiple specific interactions between viral RNAs and viral and cellular proteins. A small molecule that interferes specifically with one or more of these RNA-protein interactions could be an efficacious antiviral agent. Here
Circadian rhythms of circulating NK cells in healthy and human immunodeficiency virus-infected men.: Chronobiol Int. 1993 Aug;10(4):298-305. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94006760; Bourin P; Mansour I; Doinel C; Roue R; Rouger P; Levi F; Centre de Transfusion Sanguine des Armees Jean Julliard,; Clamart, France.; Antiviral immunity involves NK cells, which circulate rhythmically every 24 hours. We have investigated circadian and 12-hour rhythms in the peripheral count of circulating NK cells in 15 men infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and 13 healthy controls. We analyzed three phenotypes using double-labeling wi
Studies of HIV-1 protease inhibitors. I. Incorporation of a reduced peptide, simple aminoalcohol, and statine analog at the scissile site of substrate sequences.: Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 1993 Aug;41(8):1369-77. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94006772; Sakurai M; Sugano M; Handa H; Komai T; Yagi R; Nishigaki T; Yabe Y; New Lead Research Laboratory, Sankyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.; Inhibitors of the protease of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) were designed and synthesized. A reduced peptide, simple aminoalcohol, and statine analog, 4-amino-3-hydroxy-5-phenylpentanoic acid (AHPPA), were inserted at the scissile site of substrate sequences of HIV-1 protease. While both reduced peptides
Studies of HIV-1 protease inhibitors. II. Incorporation of four types of hydroxyethylene dipeptide isosteres at the scissile site of substrate sequences.: Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 1993 Aug;41(8):1378-86. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94006773; Sakurai M; Higashida S; Sugano M; Nishi T; Saito F; Ohata Y; Handa H; Komai T; Yagi R; Nishigaki T; et al; Bioscience Research Laboratories, Sankyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.; Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) protease inhibitors containing four types of hydroxyethylene dipeptide isosteres were designed and synthesized. These inhibitors consist of eight stereoisomers of phenylalanylproline (Phe-psi[H.E.]-Pro), four stereoisomers
Differential inhibition of the DNA binding of transcription factors NF kappa B and OTF-1 by nitrogen mustard and quinacrine mustard: transcriptional implications.: Carcinogenesis. 1993 Sep;14(9):1963-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94006935; Fabbri S; Prontera C; Broggini M; D'Incalci M; Laboratory of Cancer Chemotherapy, Istituto di Ricerche; Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy.; Nitrogen mustard (HN2) and quinacrine mustard (QM) both inhibited the binding of NF kappa B to the GC-rich consensus sequence in the HIV long terminal repeat (LTR), as assessed by gel-shift assays. QM also inhibited the binding of OTF-1 to the AT-rich octamer present in the H2B promoter whereas HN2 was inactive. Inhib
Immunohistopathological spectrum in cutaneous tuberculosis.: Clin Exp Dermatol. 1993 Jul;18(4):309-13. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94007239; Sehgal VN; Gupta R; Bose M; Saha K; Department of Dermatology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, Delhi,; India.; Granulomas of lupus vulgaris were characterized by a raised CD4+/CD8+ ratio, while in scrofuloderma this was significantly decreased. Tuberculosis verrucosa cutis showed intermediate changes. These immunological variations suggest that cutaneous tuberculosis forms a spectrum with strong cell-mediated immunity seen in
HIV induces deletion of T cell receptor variable gene product-specific T cells.: Clin Exp Immunol. 1993 Oct;94(1):17-20. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94007281; Bansal AS; Green LM; Khoo SH; Pumphrey RS; Haeney MR; Mandal BK; Department of Immunology, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, UK.; Using a flow cytometric method, CD4+, CD8+, alpha beta TCR+ and TCR variable region gene product (TVRGP)-specific T cells were analysed in healthy heterosexual males (HHeM), HIV-seronegative homosexual males (SNHM), asymptomatic seropositive homosexual males (ASPH) and homosexual males with AIDS who were either well (
In vitro cytotoxicity as a marker of hypersensitivity to sulphamethoxazole in patients with HIV.: Clin Exp Immunol. 1993 Oct;94(1):21-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94007288; Carr A; Tindall B; Penny R; Cooper DA; Centre for Immunology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.; Hypersensitivity to trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) in patients with HIV infection may be a result of either immune dysregulation, a direct cytotoxicity of the SMX-hydroxylamine metabolite (SMX-HA) (rather than SMX per se), or glutathione deficiency. We evaluated the in vitro cytotoxicity of SMX and SMX-HA to
Blockade of immunoregulatory Fc-signalling by HIV peptides: oligopeptides from HIV gp120 and gp41 bind the Fc portion of IgG and increase the in vitro anti-ssDNA response.: Clin Exp Immunol. 1993 Oct;94(1):26-31. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94007291; Rahimpour R; Anderson CC; Sinclair NR; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western; Ontario, London, Canada.; Concomitant ligation of antigen receptors with Fc-receptors negatively signals B cells. Antibodies to the Fc portion of IgG prevent this negative Fc-signalling, provided that these antibodies do not emit Fc signals. Prevention of Fc signals leads to augmented antibody responses to self and foreign antigens, and reduce
Dendritic cells infected in vitro with human T cell leukaemia/lymphoma virus type-1 (HTLV-1); enhanced lymphocytic proliferation and tropical spastic paraparesis.: Clin Exp Immunol. 1993 Oct;94(1):32-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94007292; Ali A; Patterson S; Cruickshank K; Rudge P; Dalgleish AG; Knight SC; Clinical Research Centre, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow,; Middlesex, UK.; Evidence supporting a role of the dendritic cell (DC) in stimulating autologous T cell activity in tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP) was sought by studies of cells taken from healthy volunteers and exposed to HTLV-1 in vitro. DC were co-cultured with an HTLV-1-producing cell line (MT-2) at 1:1 or 10:1 ratios. These D
An activated CD8+ T cell phenotype correlates with anti-HIV activity and asymptomatic clinical status.: Clin Immunol Immunopathol. 1993 Oct;69(1):106-16. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94007318; Landay AL; Mackewicz CE; Levy JA; Department of Immunology/Microbiology, Rush-Presbyterian-St.; Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612-3864.; We have examined the relation of cell surface marker phenotype to the anti-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) function of CD8+ cells from individuals at various clinical stages of HIV infection. Multiparametric flow cytometry analysis demonstrated that the most significant changes in cell surface phenotype was found w
Lack of role of TGF-beta 1 in decreased lymphoproliferative response in HIV-1 infection.: Clin Immunol Immunopathol. 1993 Oct;69(1):77-82. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94007328; Chopra RK; Raj NB; Scally JP; Cappuccio WR; Nagel JE; Saah AJ; Margolick JB; Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Hygiene; and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205.; We investigated whether reduction of the phytohemagglutinin (PHA)-induced proliferative response of lymphocytes from HIV type-1 (HIV-1)-infected (HIV+) individuals could be explained by overproduction of transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1), a strong inhibitor of T cell proliferation. PHA-stimulated PBMC fro
From HIV infection to AIDS: are the manifestations of effective immune resistance misinterpreted?: Clin Immunol Immunopathol. 1993 Nov;69(2):123-35. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94007333; Grossman Z; Bentwich Z; Herberma