Retroviruses Conference: New Printed Summary

The Retroviruses conference, considered by many to be the single most important scientific conference on AIDS, last took place January 30 - February 2 in San Francisco. Now a 32-page report offers short, readable summaries of many of the important treatment topics presented.

Major sections include:

Structured and Unstructured Treatment Interruptions;
Experimental Drugs in Development;
Once-Daily Dosing;
Selected Anti-HIV Study Results;
Changes in Natural History of HIV Disease;
Fat Redistribution, Metabolic Complications, and "Switch" Studies;
Experimental Vaccines and Immunology;
Drug Interactions with Anti-HIV Drugs & Other Adverse Effects;
HIV Drug Resistance Testing;
HIV-Related Opportunistic Infections and Cancers;
Women, Pregnancy & Prevention/Transmission to Newborns;
Adherence;
Co-Infection with Hepatitis B Virus;
Co-Infection with Hepatitis C Virus;
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (Prevention); and
HIV Transmission

This report was written by Harvey S. Bartnof, M.D., Medical Editor of HIV and Hepatitis.com. It was supported by an unrestricted educational grant from DuPont Pharmaceuticals.

For a free copy of the printed report, send your mailing address to: HIV and Hepatitis.com, P.O. Box 14288, San Francisco, CA 94114. (You can also request a printed copy by email to: ronbaker@dnai.com.)