Differences in HIV strands may underlie disease patterns

Article Abstract:

Retrovirologist Max Essex and Thai researchers reported that HIV-1 transmits preferentially through vaginal intercourse in developing countries and through anal intercourse and intravenous drug use in developed countries because different substrains of HIV-1 predominate in the different countries.

HIV (Viruses), HIV, Disease transmission

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AIDS: a justifiable share

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NIH director Harold Varmus defended disproportional spending on AIDS research at a House appropriations hearing, in response to suggestions that specific-disease funding should correlate more with health-care costs. He explained that AIDS is a public emergency, with a goal of an actual cure.

Finance, United States. National Institutes of Health, Federal aid to medical research, Medical research assistance

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Chemokines share center stage with drug therapies

Article Abstract:

The role of chemokines in HIV infection was a major topic at the 1996 AIDS conference. However, researchers are divided on whether chemokine research will make it possible to improve HIV treatments and vaccines.

HIV infection, Drug therapy, HIV infections, CD8 lymphocytes, 1996 AD, International Conference on AIDS

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