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AIDScience Perspective: HIV prevention in the African-American community: Why isn't anybody talking about the elephant in the room? Robert E. Fullilove To most people in the United States, AIDS is an infectious disease caused by a virus, but to some African-Americans the facts about this disease go well beyond that. Robert Fullilove exposes us to his interpretation on this controversial subject.  [Full text article]  [About AIDScience articles]  [See recent AIDScience articles]

Science Classic Papers: Crystal structure of a neutralizing human IgG against HIV-1: a template for vaccine design Erica Ollmann Saphire et al., Science 293(5532):1155-1159, 10 August 2001. Scientists determine the crystal structure of an antibody molecule capable of broad and potent neutralization of primary HIV-1 isolates, a clue that may aid vaccine design.  [Go to article]

New in AIDScience! dEbates: Readers' online reactions Submit a response or commentary to any article published on AIDScience. Let your opinion count.  [Go to dEbates]

Hot News: Coverage of the 1ST IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment Comprehensive post-meeting reviews by a faculty of leading experts. Included: - Management of HIV-infected women and mother-to-child HIV transmission. - Risk of perinatal transmission with treatment combinations of intrapartum and newborn zidovudine monotherapy.  [Visit the Medscape HIV/AIDS site]

Sexual transmission risk among noninjecting heroin users infected with human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis C virus HIV-infected noninjecting heroin users (NIUs), particularly never injecting drug users (IDUs), and, possibly, HCV-infected NIUs, are a potential sexual transmission bridge.  [Journal of Infectious Diseases  2001 Aug 1;184(3):359-63]

Condom gap in Africa: evidence from donor agencies and key informants Public discussions on combating HIV in Africa seem to be focusing on antiretroviral drugs rather than condoms, which are the mainstay of prevention.  [British Medical Journal  2001 July 21; 323:139-141]

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