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Vol. 3, No. 14, 18 July 2003
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AIDScience Perspectives:
Health care transmission of HIV in South African children
The generally accepted assumption is that South African children acquire HIV infections, overwhelmingly, by mother-to-child transmission. The authors contend that the numbers just do not add up and other presumed negligible risks, such as iatrogenic transmission, need to be seriously investigated.
— By Stuart Brody et al.
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HIV/AIDS research in South Africa
Doing research abroad can be challenging, but it is well worth it. I strongly recommend an international research experience to anyone, especially minority students, because it broadens one's perspective and more importantly increases opportunities...— By Brandon Brown
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Travel grants and scholarships for AIDS Vaccine 2003 Conference
The AIDS Vaccine 2003 Conference Sept 18-21 in New York has a number of scholarships available for developing nation AIDS Vaccine investigators or advocates.
Incorporating HIV prevention into the medical care of persons living with HIV
Reducing transmission of HIV in the United States requires new strategies, including emphasis on prevention of transmission by HIV-infected persons. Recommendations of the U.S. CDC, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the National Institutes of Health, and the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 52(RR12), 1-24, July 18, 2003.
HIV-1 Nef intersects the macrophage CD40L signalling pathway to promote resting-cell infection
Antiretroviral treatment can beat HIV back to undetectable levels, but the virus can survive in reservoirs and then reactivate itself later. New studies show how through Nef and a complex interaction of cell signaling, HIV sets up viral reservoirs in resting T cells. Nature 424, 213, 10 July 2003.
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