1992

Fear of caring. [videorecording]: [Chicago, Ill.] : The Association, c1986 1 videocassette (20 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9200734A
Guidelines for health care workers : preventing transmission of infectious diseases in the workplace. [videorecording]: [Morgan Hill, Calif. : Resource Technical Services, 1988] 1 videocassette (20 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9200739A; (Producer) Upon review of this presentation health care workers will be able to: 1) review facts known about the AIDS virus and its transmission; 2) identify situations in the workplace when significant exposure to infectious agents may occur; 3) follow the appropriate precautionary guidelines in the treatment of al
Beyond fear. 1988 revision, short version. [videorecording]: [United States] : American Red Cross, 1988 1 videocassette (29 min., 12 sec.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9200775A; Vaughn R; (Producer) This documentary helps to dispel the myths and panic surrounding HIV and AIDS. Methods of prevention are discussed and modes of transmission are explained.
AIDS, it's a Black problem, too. [videorecording]: [Houston, Tex.] : AFH, [1989?] 1 videocassette (24 min.) : sd., col. with b&w ; 1/2 in Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9200725A; (Producer) This tape includes a series of interviews with Black community leaders who discuss how HIV has impacted their community. Risk factors among members of the community are examined, and changes necessary to reduce these factors are described. The film also addresses the HIV antibody test.
Pediatric AIDS : a time of crisis. [videorecording]: [Washington, D.C.] : The Association, c1989 1 videocassette (24 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9200753A; Atkins P; (Producer) This film s theme is the need for support for infants and children with AIDS and their families and caregivers. Health professionals, foster parents, and mothers talk about the special children they care for, who bring much joy into their lives despite all of the problems they have.
Like any other patient. [videorecording]: [United States : s.n., 1989] 1 videocassette (27 min., 11 sec.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9200788A; Masler DS; Laxson L; Regional Learning Resources Service; Training Program
States' battle against AIDS. [videorecording]: Denver, Colo. : NCSL, c1989 1 videocassette (22 min., 33 sec.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9200805A
AIDS. [videorecording]: Naples, Fla. : NEVCO, c1990 1 videocassette : sd., col. ; 1/2 in Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9200773A; Hochhauser M
Fighting for our lives : women confronting AIDS. [videorecording]: Women and AIDS [Washington, D.C.] : Center for Women Policy Studies, c1990 1 videocassette (29 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9200781A; (Producer) Portrays the strengths and strategies of women of color who are leaders in confronting HIV disease. Presents images of self-empowerment by describing six women-led programs in various parts of the U.S.
A:Line of defense : viral precautions in the operating room. [videorecording]: Danbury, Conn. : American College of Surgeons, Davis & Geck Surgical Film-Video Library, c1990 1 videocassette (15 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9200821A; Fry DE; Pictures
AIDS in Africa : background/issues for U.S. policy.: [Washington, D.C.] : Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress, [1987] 17 p (CRS report for Congress ; 87-768 F) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207854; Copson RW
[AIDS is heilbar.]: Amberg : Veritas, c1987 226 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207855; Frieser H
[Aids-Story.]: [Switzerland] : Atra, 1988 48 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207091; Schar-Manzoli M
AIDS : action now : information, prevention, and support in Zimbabwe.: Harare, Zimbabwe : AIDS Counselling Trust (ACT), c1988 153 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207856; Jackson H
Department of Health, AIDS Institute : contract administration and monitoring procedures.: [Albany, N.Y.] : The Office, [1988] 1 v. (various pagings) (Report ; 88-S-36) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207905
AIDS education : a business guide. [Rev. ed.].: [New York?] : American Foundation for AIDS Research ; [Washington, D.C.?] : American Council of Life Insurance ; Health Insurance Association of America, [c1988] 44 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207546; Klosinski LE
AIDS ... summary. '88-: Philadelphia, PA : Philadelphia Sciences Group, 1988- v. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9208266
[Ist dir uberhaupt klar, dass ich AIDS habe? : Briefe eines HIV-Positiven.]: Mainz : Matthias-Grunewald-Verlag, c1989 85 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207293; Zielinski HR
[Aids und Moral : uber ein psychosoziales Problem.] Originalausg.: Frankfurt am Main : Fischer Taschenbuch, c1989 124 p (Fischer Sachbuch) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207090; Dunde SR
[L'infection par le virus d'immunodeficience humaine (V.I.H.).]: [Quebec] : Federation des medecins omnipraticiens du Quebec, c1989 156 p., [2] p. of plates : ill (Module d'autoformation, ISSN 0825-0464 ; no. 12) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207316; Olivier C
[AIDS-Pravention als Aufgabe sozialer Arbeit : aktualisierter Bericht der Fachtagung des spi-Berlin, vom 17.-19. Marz 1988.]: Berlin : Sozialpadagogisches Institut Berlin, 1989 128 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207118
[AIDS, eine Herausforderung an die Wissenschaft : ein Forderschwerpunkt im Rahmen des Programms Forschung und Entwicklung im Dienste der Gesundheit : 3. Bericht des Bundesministers fur Forschung und Technologie.] 2. Aufl.: Bonn : Der Bundesminister, [1989] 137 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207119
[Sexualitat und AIDS : was macht die Weiterbildung mit diesem Thema? : Werkstattgesprach 22.-24. November 1988.] 1. Aufl.: Soest : Landesinstitut fur Schule und Weiterbildung, Soester Verlagskontor, 1989 78 p. : ill., port (Weiterbildung in Nordrhein-Westfalen) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207450; Schneider-Wohlfart U
[HIV-infizierte und AIDSkranke Kinder : in Krippe, Hort, Kindergarten, und Schule.]: [Zurich] : Lehrmittelverlag des Kantons Zurich, c1990 44 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207267; Brandle B
Aids archives in the UK.: London : Aids Social History Programme, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, c1990 39 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207089; Foster J
[Stress und Burnout in der AIDS-Arbeit.]: Berlin : Sozialpadagogisches Institut Berlin, 1990 149, [28] p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9208183; Beerlage I
HIV/AIDS research register, August 1990.: Canberra : Australian Govt. Pub. Service, c1990 iii, 69 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207994
HIV/AIDS : a need for privacy.: [Toronto] : Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario = Commissaire a l'information et a la protection de la vie privee/Ontario, [1990] 28, 31 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207995
Latina AIDS action plan and resource guide.: Washington, D.C. (1000 16th St. N.W., Room 504, Washington 20036) : HDI Projects, [1990] ii, 195 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9208041; Maldonado IC; Harrison P; (U.S.)
Terminal care for people with AIDS.: London : Edward Arnold, 1991 xii, 115 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9208399; Sims R; Moss VA
[Le:traitement precoce de l'infection par le VIH : rapport au ministre.]: Paris : Flammarion, c1991 xiv, 67 p (Medecine-sciences) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207083; Dormont J
DAITA--current aids therapies : including the Directory of antiviral and immunomodulatory therapies for AIDS (DAITA) and the Directory of opportunistic infections.: [Atlanta, Ga.? : C. Henderson, c1991-] 1 v. (loose-leaf) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207190; DeNoon DJ
A:resource manual for AIDS educators.: Program Ottawa, Ont., Canada : The Association, c1991 v, 168 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207077
Science challenging AIDS. Final program.: Rome, Italy : The Conference, [1991?] 319 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207440
AIDS funding : a guide to giving by foundations & charitable organizations. 2nd ed. / edited by C. Edward Murphy.: [New York, N.Y.] : Foundation Center, c1991 xxxi, 175 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207117; Murphy CE
[Beratungsfuhrer zu AIDS : fur Angehorige, psychosozialer und medizinischer Berufe.]: Stuttgart : Hippokrates Verlag, c1991 xi, 204 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207126; Dunde SR
Nutrition and AIDS.: Beltsville, Md. : National Agricultural Library, [1991] vii, 23 p (Special reference briefs, ISSN 1052-536X ; SRB 91-07) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9208088; Evans SK; Gordner RL
How to find information about AIDS. 2nd ed.: New York : Haworth Press, c1992 x, 290 p (Haworth medical information sources) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207638; Huber JT
AIDS epidemiology : methodological issues.: Boston : Birkhauser, c1992 xvi, 402 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207547; Jewell NP; Dietz K; Farewell VT
Adolescents and AIDS : a generation in jeopardy.: Newbury Park : Sage Publications, c1992 xiv, 314 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207534; DiClemente RJ
Advances in adult T-cell leukemia and HTLV-I research.: Tokyo : Japanese Scientific Societies Press ; Boca Raton : CRC Press, 1992 viii, 261 p. : ill (Gann monograph on cancer research ; no. 39) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207535; Takatsuki K; Hinuma Y; Yoshida M
OSHA bloodborne pathogens exposure control plan : as required by 29 Code of Federal Regulations 1910.1030.: Boca Raton : Lewis Publishers, 1992 Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9208361; Putnam LD; Langerman N
CYTOKINE ACTION ON B CELLS IN DISEASE: Cytokines and B Lymphocytes. Callard RE, ed. San Diego, Academic Press, p. 215-51, 1990.. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/92680206; Romagnani S; Dept. of Clinical Immunology and Allergology, Univ. of Florence,; Instituto di Clinica, Medica 3, Policclinico di Careggi, 50134; Firenze, Italy; The most important cytokines acting on human B cells seem to be interleukin 4 (IL-4), IL-2 , and IL-6. The availability of cloned and purified B cell-tropic cytokines has opened the possibility of investigating their role in the pathogenesis of some human diseases and t
VIRUS AND CHEMICAL-INDUCED IMMUNOSUPPRESSION IN NONHUMAN PRIMATES: Diss Abstr Int [B]; 52(6):2982 1991. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/92679383; Javadian MA; New Mexico State Univ.; A successful cellular immune response includes macrophages, neutrophils, natural killer cells, and lymphocytes. Modulation or interference with any of these components leads to suppression of the host immune response. The effects of hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis Non-A, Non-B (NANB) human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a
CHROMATIN STRUCTURE AND DNA DAMAGE-INDUCED GENE EXPRESSION (MEETING ABSTRACT): Environmental Carcinogenesis and Its Prevention: The Head and Neck Cancer Model. October 6-8, 1991, Hershey, PA, Organ Systems Coordinating Branch of the National Cancer Institute and The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, p. 9, 1991.. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/92682212; Valerie K; Massey Cancer Center, Medical Coll. of Virginia, Virginia; Commonwealth Univ., Richmond, VA; Chromatin structure modulates vital cellular processes such as DNA replication, repair and transcription. Recent studies suggest that after DNA damage, these three systems overlap to a certain extent and may share common functional elements. Most likely, chromatin structure plays an important regulatory role. In order
ENANTIOMERIC SPECIFICITY OF CARBOVIR TRANSPORT (MEETING ABSTRACT): Proc Annu Meet Am Assoc Cancer Res; 33:A112 1992. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/92682646; Domin BA; Mahony WB; Daluge SM; Miller WH; Zimmerman TP; Div. of Experimental Therapy, Wellcome Res. Laboratories,; Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; Carbovir (CBV), a guanosine analog with a carbocyclic sugar, inhibits the replication of human immunodeficiency virus. The transport of CBV enantiomers into human erythrocytes at 37 C was examined with a papaverine-stop assay. The influx of both (-)CBV and (+)CBV occurred primarily (greater than 60%) via the nucleob
STUDIES ON THE METABOLISM OF 2,5'-ANHYDRO-3'-AZIDO-3'-DEOXYTHYMIDINE (MEETING ABSTRACT): Proc Annu Meet Am Assoc Cancer Res; 33:A119 1992. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/92682653; Sun AS; Prusoff WH; Dept. of Pharmacology, Yale Univ. Sch. of Medicine, New Haven, CT; 06510; 2,5 -Anhydro-3 -azido-3 -deoxythymidine (anAZT) has been reported to have antiviral activity against HIV-1 in cell culture but is about 4- to 5-fold less inhibitory than AZT. Under investigation is whether the antiviral activity of anAZT is a property of the molecule per se, or whether it is converted to AZT by a clea
RECOMBINANT TAT PROTEIN INHIBITS MACROPHAGE CYTOTOXICITY (MEETING ABSTRACT): Proc Annu Meet Am Assoc Cancer Res; 33:A1776 1992. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/92684301; Adami C; Palleroni AV; Nalin C; Codner E; Hsu MC; Brunda MJ; Roche Res. Center, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Nutley, NJ 07110; It has been previously shown that recombinant Tat protein (rTat), a HIV gene product that is necessary for viral replication in vitro, inhibits antigen- but not mitogen-induced lymphocyte proliferation. We have evaluated the immunosuppressive effects of rTat protein on macrophage (Mphi)-mediated tumor cell killing. Ad
HUMAN B CELL LINES EXPRESS THE INTERFERON GAMMA GENE (MEETING ABSTRACT): Proc Annu Meet Am Assoc Cancer Res; 33:A1792 1992. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/92684317; Dayton M; Knobloch TJ; Benjamin D; CHRI 1232, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH 43210; IFN gamma production has been attributed exclusively to activated T and NK cells. We sought to determine whether B cells express IFN gamma. We studied 28 B cell lines (BCL) including EBV+ normal lymphoblastoid BCL (n=7), EBV+ BCL derived from patients with Burkitt s lymphoma with (n=6) or without AIDS (n=8), as well a
OBSERVATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF T CELL SUBSETS IN BREAST CANCER TISSUE (MEETING ABSTRACT): Proc Annu Meet Am Assoc Cancer Res; 33:A1807 1992. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/92684333; Luo CY; Zhan XE; Zhang XG; First Surgical Dept., Beijing Army General Hosp., Beijing, China; In order to study the immunoreactive state in the tissue of breast cancer and its clinical significance, T cell subsets were observed with 3 monoclonal antibodies and ABC immunohistochemical technique in the tissues of 39 cases of breast cancer and 30 cases of breast benign diseases. The numbers of T cell subsets in c
REGULATION OF NF-KAPPA B/REL ACTIVITY IN T CELLS EXPRESSING THE TAX ONCOGENE OF HTLV-I (MEETING ABSTRACT): Proc Annu Meet Am Assoc Cancer Res; 33:A2188 1992. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/92684737; Lacoste J; Cohen L; Hiscott J; Molecular Oncology, Lady Davis Inst., McGill Univ., Montreal,; Quebec H3T 1E2, Canada; The NF-kappa B/rel transcription complex represents a family of DNA-binding proto-oncogenes involved in transcriptional regulation of many immunomodulatory cytokines and cell surface receptors. The effect of the HTLV-I tax oncogene on NF-kappa B DNA-binding activity and NF-kappa B-dependent transcription was examined
CLONING AND SEQUENCING OF MMTV ENV GENE-LIKE SEQUENCES FROM HUMAN BREAST CANCER (MEETING ABSTRACT): Proc Annu Meet Am Assoc Cancer Res; 33:A2337 1992. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/92684893; Wang Y; Pogo BG; Holland JF; Dept. of Neoplastic Diseases, Mount Sinai Sch. of Medicine, New; York, NY 10029; Using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) we have found that sequences homologous to the unique 600-bp region of the env gene of mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) were present in 33% of the human breast tumors investigated, but not in normal tissues, nor in other human tumors analyzed. The frequency of detection was higher
GENOMIC VARIABILITY OF HTLV-I (MEETING ABSTRACT): Proc Annu Meet Am Assoc Cancer Res; 33:A2394 1992. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/92684919; Pelloquin KF; Kagoshima SS; Pasteur Merieux, Marcy l'Etoile, France; The genomic variability of HTLV-I was tested by PCR and direct sequencing in the ex vivo DNA from 4 Japanese patients (pts; 2 with TSP/HAM and 2 with ATL), 3 Caribbean pts (2 with TSP/HAM, 1 with ATL), and 2 Ivory Coast pts (1 with TSP/HAM, 1 with B lymphoma) involving parts o
PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE HIV-1 REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE: Diss Abstr Int [B]; 52(5):2391 1991. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/92679486; West AB; Harvard Univ.; This thesis examines in detail some of the features of the primary replicative enzyme of HIV-1, the reverse transcriptase. In order to achieve this, the products of the entire pol open reading frame were overexpressed in the eukaryotic baculoviral expression system. Included in the products made, were both subunits of
THE EXPRESSION OF ICAM-1 AND VCAM-1 IS REGULATED BY IL-1 AND DOUBLE-STRANDED RNA IN KAPOSI'S SARCOMA CELLS (MEETING ABSTRACT): Proc Annu Meet Am Assoc Cancer Res; 33:A202 1992. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/92682737; Yang J; Xu Y; Hagan MK; Offermann MK; Winship Cancer Center, Emory Univ. Sch. of Medicine, Atlanta, GA; 30322; Kaposi s sarcoma (KS), a neoplasm with multifocal vascular lesions, is often seen in homosexual HIV-infected patients. Evidence exists that disordered regulation and expression of cytokines and other agents contribute to abnormal proliferation of KS cells. Inflammatory cells are present in lesions of all stages, espec
Task Force on Nutrition Support in AIDS. Guidelines for nutrition support in AIDS.: Nutrition. 1989 Jan-Feb;5(1):39-46. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92199741; The nutritional status of people with AIDS is challenged throughout the progression of the illness by the manifestation of symptoms such as malabsorption, diarrhea, candidiasis, and fever. As yet, there is no widely accepted method for nutritional management of AIDS. Therefore, a Task Force on Nutrition Support in AID
Feed the patient with AIDS! [editorial]: Nutrition. 1989 Jan-Feb;5(1):72-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92199750; Singer P; Rothkopf MM; Askanazi J
AIDS and the health care worker providing nutritional services.: Nutrition. 1989 May-Jun;5(3):192-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92199773; Blair DC; Department of Medicine, SUNY Health Science Center, Syracuse.
Sexual aspects of headache and headache in AIDS.: Clin J Pain. 1989;5(1):105-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216209; Goldstein J; San Francisco Headache Clinic, CA 94109.
The prevalence and management of pain in patients with AIDS: a review of 134 cases.: Clin J Pain. 1989 Sep;5(3):245-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216248; Lebovits AH; Lefkowitz M; McCarthy D; Simon R; Wilpon H; Jung R; Fried E; Department of Anesthesiology, SUNY Health Science Center,; Brooklyn 11203.; In light of the lack of any prior systematic evaluations of the prevalence and types of pain syndromes and treatments found in patients with AIDS, a chart review study was undertaken to evaluate this issue. Fifty-two of 96 charts reviewed (54%) had at least one note on nonprocedural pain or analgesic prescription. Alt
Introduction: closing the window on AIDS.: Transfus Med Rev. 1989 Jan;3(1 Suppl 1):1-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223664; Colman N; Center for Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Mount Sinai Medical; Center, Bronx, NY.
Heterosexual HIV transmission.: Transfus Med Rev. 1989 Jan;3(1 Suppl 1):13-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223666; Landesman S; Infectious Disease Division, SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn; 11203.; Heterosexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in New York City is principally a phenomenon of the urban inner city, where a large number of infected current or former drug addicts live in close social and sexual contact with inner-city women. These women are at high risk for sexual acquisition of HIV
Constant and variable antigenic regions of the HIV.: Transfus Med Rev. 1989 Jan;3(1 Suppl 1):17-22. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223667; Pottathil R; Roche Diagnostic Systems, Nutley, NJ.; Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the etiological agent in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The presence of antibodies against HIV is indicative of prior exposure to HIV. Currently available antibody screening tests use HIV-infected cells as a source of viral antigens. This approach has resulted in inher
Setting up an HIV screening program.: Transfus Med Rev. 1989 Jan;3(1 Suppl 1):23-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223668; Williams A; Dodd RY; American Red Cross, Jerome H. Holland Laboratory, Rockville, MD; 20855.; Human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) screening programs currently are based primarily on the detection of specific HIV-1 antibodies by the commercially available enzyme immunoassay (EIA) combined with highly specific confirmation procedures. Factors to be considered in establishing a screening program include test p
Confirmation of HIV infection using gene amplification.: Transfus Med Rev. 1989 Jan;3(1 Suppl 1):27-30. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223669; Zaia JA; Rossi JJ; City of Hope National Medical Center, Durate, CA 91010.; Direct recognition of viral gene sequences can be used to detect human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) in clinical specimens. A modification of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for amplification of gene sequences was used for detection of HIV-1-specific RNA prepared from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). Th
Human retroviruses: a common virology.: Transfus Med Rev. 1989 Jan;3(1 Suppl 1):4-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223670; Kaplan M; Section of Infectious Disease and Immunology, North Shore; University Hospital, Manhasset, NY.; There are five known human retroviruses: human T-lymphotropic virus-I (HTLV-I), HTLV-II, HTLV-V, human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1), and HIV-2. These are related to animal lentiviruses. The simian retroviruses, simian T-lymphotropic virus-I (STLV-I) and STLV-III are related closely to HTLV-I and HIV-2 respectively
Protecting the blood supply.: Transfus Med Rev. 1989 Jan;3(1 Suppl 1):9-12. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223671; Bianco C; Greater New York Blood Center, New York 10021.; Prevention of the transmission of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) by transfusion has been the most successful area of epidemiologic control of the disease. Only 2% of the more than 50,000 cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have been attributed to transfusion, and the vast majority of
Frozen red cells.: Transfus Med Rev. 1989 Apr;3(2):121-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223672; Meryman HT; American Red Cross-Holland Laboratory, Rockville, MD 20855.; The popularity and the promise of frozen red cells during the 1970s were largely attributable to logistic problems associated with 21-day storage and to the fringe benefits of white cell and plasma depletion that minimized alloimmunization and febrile transfusions and, it was speculated, reduced the risk of HBV transm
Immunoelectron microscopy of human retroviruses.: Histol Histopathol. 1989 Jul;4(3):381-95. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216334; Timar J; Lapis K; 1st. Institute of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research,; Semmelweis Medical School, Budapest, Hungary.; The ultrastructural detection and identification of human retroviruses--HTLV (human T-cell lymphotropic virus) and HIV (human immunodeficiency virus)--have become an everyday task for pathologists and virologists as well as for cell and molecular biologists. The development of better and conventionally available immun
Closing the window on AIDS. Proceedings of a symposium. New York, New York, April 22, 1988.: Transfus Med Rev. 1989 Jan;3(1 Suppl 1):1-32. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223665
Peripheral T-cell lymphoma or Hodgkin's disease in a HIV seropositive patient: a histopathological study.: Histol Histopathol. 1989 Oct;4(4):493-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216348; Kanavaros P; Nemeth J; Lavergne A; Ngo Van P; Galian A; Department of Pathology, Hopital Lariboisiere, Paris.; Malignant lymphomas occurring in patients with AIDS are usually derived from the B-cell lineage while T-cell malignant lymphomas are very rare in these patients. We report a HIV seropositive 29-year-old homosexual man in whom cervical lymph node biopsy showed an atypical lymphoproliferative process. On morphological a
A generalized chain binomial model with application to HIV infection.: Math Biosci. 1990 Sep;101(1):99-119. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92199675; Ng J; Orav EJ; Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics,; Boston, Massachusetts 02115.; The original Reed-Frost formulation of the chain binomial model is mathematically equivalent to a stochastic model allowing a Poisson number of effective contacts in a time interval. Their formulation cannot accommodate survey data that necessarily correspond to more complex distributions of partners or contacts, or t
Determination of the spread of HIV from the AIDS incidence history.: Math Biosci. 1990 Mar;98(2):227-41. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92199713; Freund HP; Book DL; Science Applications International Corporation, McLean, Virginia; 22102.; The relation between the incidence of HIV in the general population, the number of AIDS cases, and the incubation period for the disease is examined. The number of AIDS cases can be expressed in terms of a convolution integral over the incubation period distribution and the temporal history of HIV incidence. In order
How bad can it get? Bounding worst case endemic heterogeneous mixing models of HIV/AIDS.: Math Biosci. 1990 May;99(2):157-80. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92199727; Kaplan EH; Lee YS; Operations Research Department, Yale University, New Haven,; Connecticut 06520.; Simple models of HIV transmission assume random (proportionate) mixing among subpopulations with differing sexual activity rates, while more complex models assume some form of nonrandom heterogeneous mixing. Since the modeled number of persons infected with HIV does depend upon the specific mixing assumptions employed
The use of granulocyte transfusion in neonatal sepsis.: Transfus Med Rev. 1990 Jan;4(1):14-22. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200069; Cairo MS; Division of Hematology/Oncology and Neonatology, Children's; Hospital of Orange County, University of California, Irvine.; Many questions are raised in this review about the role of adult donor granulocyte transfusions in the setting of overwhelming bacterial neonatal sepsis. There clearly exists a number of variables, which influence the survival and morbidity associated with bacterial sepsis. The important differences in these studies h
Erythropoietin as a pharmacologic alternative to blood transfusion in the surgical patient.: Transfus Med Rev. 1990 Oct;4(4):288-96. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200097; Goodnough LT; Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, University; Hospitals of Cleveland, OH.
Chemical dependency and black America: the government responds.: J Natl Black Nurses Assoc. 1990 Spring-Summer;4(2):47-56. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202931; Johnson EM; Alcohol and other drug abuse is public enemy number one in America s inner-city communities. Youngsters are joining gangs that specialize in dealing drugs, the number of addicts dying from overdoses continues to increase, IV-drug users are spreading AIDS, and homicide and other types of violence are at an all time hig
The thymic microenvironment in infectious diseases.: Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 1990 Jul-Sep;85(3):255-60. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204024; Savino W; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Departamento de Imunologia, Rio de; Janeiro, Brasil.
Immune disturbances during major depression: upregulated expression of interleukin-2 receptors.: Neuropsychobiology. 1990-91;24(3):115-20. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228147; Maes M; Bosmans E; Suy E; Vandervorst C; De Jonckheere C; Raus J; Psychiatric Center, St.-Jozef, Munsterbilzen, Belgium.; We determined the following immune parameters in drug-free, major depressed patients and in age- and sex-matched healthy controls: the number and percentage of interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2R) bearing cells (CD25+, anti-TAC), serum circulating levels of soluble (s)IL-2Rs, the pre- and postdexamethasone phytohemagglutini
HIV infection, a brief update on oral findings.: Conn Dent Stud J. 1990 Mar;10:11-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92233475; Peters ES
Modulation of hematopoietic colony formation of stem cells in peripheral blood by anti-TGF-beta in patients with severe immunosuppression.: Klin Wochenschr. 1990 Dec 30;69(24):1139-45. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92236049; Harms B; Kogler G; Wernet P; Bruster HT; Schneider EM; Institut fur Blutgerinnung und Transfusionsmedizin, Heinrich; Heine Universitat, Dusseldorf.; The influence of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) on hematopoiesis has been evaluated by adding blocking antibodies against TGF-beta to colony forming assays (CFU-c). When optimum concentrations of recombinant growth factors, granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), and interleukin-3 (IL-3)
Blood bank screening for HIV infection: epidemiological analyses in a low prevalence area [letter]: Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 1990 May-Jun;32(3):229-30. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237621; de Andrade AL; Martelli CM; Almeida e Silva S; Santana CL; Zicker F
Effects of alpha- and beta-interferon on oxidative burst responses of monocytes and monocyte-derived macrophages from patients with HIV infection.: J Biol Regul Homeost Agents. 1990 Jul-Sep;4(3):93-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92238343; Muller F; Rollag H; Froland SS; Kaptein Wilhelmsen og Frues Institute of Bacteriology, University; of Oslo, Rikshospitalet, Norway.; In the present paper, we have studied the effects of interferon (IFN) -alpha and IFN-beta on the oxidative burst (OB) responses in monocytes and monocyte-derived macrophages from patients with a relatively early phase of HIV infection. We found that in monocytes from patients with HIV infection, the defective OB respo
Phenotypic identification of T lymphocytes subset in recurrent aphthous stomatitis.: Egypt Dent J. 1990 Jan;36(1):33-46. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92233819; Abdel All M; Ayoub A; el Refai M; Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University.; Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is characterized by recurring ulcers in the oral mucosa as abnormality of the immune response, autoimmune or abnormal immunological reaction to antigens of oral bacteria. This study was conducted on 25 patients 15 suffering RAS of the minor form and 10 of the major form and 15 stude
Adenovirus encephalitis and widespread ependymitis in a child with AIDS.: Pediatr Neurosurg. 1990-91;16(6):316-20. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92207792; Anders KH; Park CS; Cornford ME; Vinters HV; Department of Pathology (Neuropathology), UCLA Medical Center.; A 4-year-old child with AIDS developed encephalitis 2 months prior to death. Adenovirus was cultured from the cerebrospinal fluid. At autopsy, sections of the brain revealed complete sloughing of the intracranial ependyma, with marked gliosis and edema of the periventricular white matter. Cells with large, dark, smudg
Superficial oral fungal infections.: Curr Opin Dent. 1991 Aug;1(4):415-22. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92199203; Samaranayake LP; University of Hong Kong.; Fungal infections in humans are provoked and exacerbated by defects in the cellular immune system. Hence, the emergence of novel clinical variants of oral candidoses and rare mycoses with the pandemic spread of human immunodeficiency virus infection is not surprising. The new clinical entities of oral candidoses that
Oral lesions in the systemic mycoses.: Curr Opin Dent. 1991 Aug;1(4):423-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92199204; de Almeida OP; Scully C; University of Campinas, Piracicaba, Brazil.; Oral lesions have rarely been reported in systemic mycoses, though over the past few years they have been recorded particularly in immunocompromised individuals. The dramatic increase in numbers of immunocompromised persons, especially those infected with human immunodeficiency virus, has almost certainly been respons
Mathematical biology of HIV infections: antigenic variation and diversity threshold.: Math Biosci. 1991 Sep;106(1):1-21. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92199688; Nowak MA; May RM; Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, England.; Infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) results in severe damage to the immune system and consequent disease (AIDS) after a long and variable incubation period (on average 8-10 years). Why the incubation period should be so long is a puzzle. We outline an explanation based on the dynamics of the interpla
Analysis of a risk-based model for the growth of AIDS infection.: Math Biosci. 1991 Sep;106(1):129-50. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92199690; De Young G; Maini PK; Nakamaye M; Institute of Theoretical Dynamics, University of California,; Davis 95616.; Several models for the spread of AIDS within a homosexual community have been proposed that incorporate biased mixing of different risk groups. A simple model is presented that captures many of the features of these more complex models. Analytical expressions are derived for the time to the state of maximum infection
Use of nutrition support in patients with AIDS: a four-year retrospective review.: Nutrition. 1991 Jan-Feb;7(1):19-22. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92199896; Brolin RE; Gorman RC; Milgrim LM; Abbott JM; George S; Gocke DJ; Department of Surgery, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School,; New Brunswick 08903.; A series of 55 patients with AIDS and opportunistic infections were admitted a total of 75 times to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital over a 4-year period, and supplemental nutrition support--intravenous (IV), enteral, or both--was given during 32 of these admissions. Use of nutrition support was correlated retr
Multiple neurologic deficits. Inflammatory diseases.: Probl Vet Med. 1991 Sep;3(3):426-39. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200028; Kornegay JN; College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University,; Raleigh 27606.; Certain diseases do not consistently affect a single area of the nervous system and, in fact, may cause concomitant multifocal involvement. Depending on the area of the nervous system affected, these diseases may cause a wide spectrum of neurologic problems and therefore must be included in the differential diagnosis
The role of erythropoietin and other growth factors in transfusion medicine.: Transfus Med Rev. 1991 Jan;5(1):33-47. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200107; Klingemann HG; Shepherd JD; Eaves CJ; Eaves AC; Division of Hematology, British Columbia Cancer Agency,; Vancouver, Canada.
Wrestling with AIDS. The outcome of the right-to-know debate could threaten both lives and livelihoods.: Diamond. 1991 Spring-Summer;1(1):5-6, 32. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200155; Cimino C
Perspectives in research on adolescence.: Bull N Y Acad Med. 1991 Nov-Dec;67(6):548-54. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200174; Baldwin W; Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch, National Institute of; Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland.
AIDS: knowledge and attitudes of student nurses in Australia and Canada.: Can J Nurs Res. 1991 Spring;23(1):15-26. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200276; Bell P; Williams AK; In summary it would appear that Australian and Canadian nursing students, at least in these limited samples, generally have similar knowledge and attitudes regarding AIDS. This study, with its acknowledged limitations, could be regarded as a pilot study for future collaborative comparative research, targeting a wider
[Meningitis associated with tsutsugamushi disease--detection of intrathecal interferon-gamma synthesis and lymphocyte subsets in blood and CSF]: Rinsho Shinkeigaku. 1991 Oct;31(10):1103-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200752; Ikeda M; Sato T; Takahashi H; Yoshida S; Tsukagoshi H; Department of Neurology, Asahi General Hospital.; We report a case of meningitis associated with tsutsugamushi disease. The lymphocyte subpopulation study of peripheral blood revealed a reversed CD4/CD8 ratio (0.14), an increased number of activated T cells and an elevated cytotoxic T cell activity. In cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), the CD4/CD8 ratio was much higher (0.8
[A case of HTLV-1 associated myelopathy and adult T-cell leukemia, presenting unique muscle pathology including rimmed vacuole]: Rinsho Shinkeigaku. 1991 Oct;31(10):1129-34. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200757; Honma S; Yamada K; Moriwaka F; Shima K; Tashiro K; Department of Neurology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine.; A 63-year-old man developed muscular atrophy and weakness in his four extremities since 1983, and was pointed out to have smoldering ATL by elevated HTLV-1 antibody titers in the serum (x 2,500) and CSF (x 32) in 1985. Neurological examinations revealed proximal muscular weakness and atrophy of four extremities, and m
Cryptosporidiosis.: Clin Lab Med. 1991 Dec;11(4):873-97. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200854; Current WL; Garcia LS; Infectious Disease Research, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis,; Indiana.; Data suggest that C. parvum is now one of the three most commonly found enteropathogens causing diarrheal illness in humans worldwide. This article discusses the etiologic agents, epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of cryptosporidiosis. To date, no effective therapy for cryptosporidiosis has bee
Laboratory diagnosis of toxoplasmosis.: Clin Lab Med. 1991 Dec;11(4):923-39. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200857; Wilson M; McAuley JB; Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control,; Atlanta, Georgia.; Toxoplasmosis is usually diagnosed in the clinical laboratory by detecting antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii, and only rarely by isolating the parasites. A number of serologic tests are used; each has its own advantages and disadvantages. The methods of diagnosis and their interpretations differ for each clinical catego
Laboratory diagnosis of pneumocystosis.: Clin Lab Med. 1991 Dec;11(4):957-75. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200859; Smith JW; Bartlett MS; Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.; Laboratory diagnosis of pneumocystosis requires that appropriate specimens be properly obtained, that these specimens be appropriately processed in the laboratory, examined by competent personnel, and reported in a timely fashion. The laboratory section that performs the evaluation and the methods and stains used vary
[Vaccination against AIDS by the year 2000?]: Immun Infekt. 1991 Dec;19(6):III, V. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92201855
Synthesis of homologous peptides using fragment condensation: analogs of an HIV proteinase substrate.: Int J Pept Protein Res. 1991 Nov;38(5):453-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92201980; Blaha I; Nemec J; Tozser J; Oroszlan S; Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Carcinogenesis,; PRI/DynCorp., NCI-Frederick Cancer Research and Development; Center, MD.; Two protected peptides Boc-Val-Ser(Bzl)-Gln-Asn-Tyr(BrZ)OH and Boc-Val-Ser(Bzl)-Gln-Asn-Tyr(BrZ)-ProOH were synthesized on a resin substituted by 9-(hydroxymethyl)-2-fluoreneacetic acid. After cleavage with piperidine/DMF, desalting, and activation, these peptides were used for the synthesis of 11 analogs of an HIV pr
Acquired trichomegaly of the eyelashes: a cutaneous marker of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome [see comments]: J Am Acad Dermatol. 1991 Nov;25(5 Pt 1):801-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202475; Kaplan MH; Sadick NS; Talmor M; Department of Medicine, North Shore University Hospital-Cornell; University Medical College, New York, NY.; Acquired trichomegaly of the eyelashes was found in seven patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1. These patients had advanced infection with severe T-helper cell depletion, high levels of p24 antigenemia, and inability to tolerate zidovudine therapy. Control of infection with other antiretroviral a
AIDS-related eosinophilic pustular folliculitis [letter; comment]: J Am Acad Dermatol. 1991 Nov;25(5 Pt 1):866. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202492; Buchness MR; Lim HW; Soter NA
Survival of HIV-1 activity after disinfection, temperature and pH changes, or drying.: J Med Virol. 1991 Dec;35(4):223-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202911; Tjotta E; Hungnes O; Grinde B; Department of Virology, National Institute of Public Health,; Oslo, Norway.; A recently developed assay for measuring infectious HIV-1 particles was used to determine the stability of the virus under various storage conditions as well as the effect of commonly used disinfectants. At the optimum pH of 7.1 the half life of the virus ranged from approx. twenty-four hours at 37 degrees C to no sig
Inhibition of lymphocyte proliferation induced in vitro by microbial antigens in HIV-infected subjects.: J Med Virol. 1991 Dec;35(4):241-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202915; Maria VA; Pinto LA; Victorino RM; Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon, University Hospital of Santa; Maria, Portugal.; In the course of a study of lymphocyte responses to microbial antigens in HIV-infected patients, we detected a previously unrecognized phenomenon of inhibition of lymphocyte baseline proliferation, induced by the presence of tetanus toxoid and Escherichia coli in the cultures. The effects of tetanus toxoid and Escheri
Host dependent modulation of hepatitis delta virus replication in chronic delta hepatitis.: J Med Virol. 1991 Dec;35(4):259-62. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202919; Gupta S; Govindarajan S; Valinluck B; Redeker AG; Department of Medicine, University of Southern California School; of Medicine, Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center, Downey.; To determine whether host dependent differences modulated hepatitis delta virus replication in chronic delta hepatitis, we tested HDV RNA in homosexual and intravenous drug abuser populations. Overall, the seroprevalence of HDV RNA in the two groups with matching clinical characteristics was 72% (76/106 patient visits
Perinatal infection by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1): relationship between proviral copy number in vivo, viral properties in vitro, and clinical outcome.: J Med Virol. 1991 Dec;35(4):283-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202923; De Rossi A; Pasti M; Mammano F; Ometto L; Giaquinto C; Chieco-Bianchi L; Institute of Oncology, Interuniversity Center for Cancer Research; Padova, Italy.; Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) isolates from 25 perinatally HIV-1 infected children were classified according to their capacity to replicate in vitro as rapid (R), intermediate (S/R) and slow (S) variants. R-type viruses replicated on peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and grew better in T-lymphoi
Interferon-alpha treatment in HTLV-I-associated myelopathy. Studies of clinical and immunological aspects.: J Neurol Sci. 1991 Dec;106(2):186-92. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202941; Shibayama K; Nakamura T; Nagasato K; Shirabe S; Tsujihata M; Nagataki S; First Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School; of Medicine, Japan.; We treated 17 patients with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy (HAM) with interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) in an open, nonrandomized, uncontrolled study. They were administered 1.5-9.0 x 10(6) international units of IFN-alpha daily for 4 weeks, and 4 patients showed a marked clinical response, 7 showed a moderate response and t
Autopsy report of HTLV-I-associated myelopathy presenting with ALS-like manifestations.: J Neurol Sci. 1991 Dec;106(2):199-205. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202943; Kuroda Y; Sugihara H; Department of Internal Medicine (Division of Neurology), Saga; Medical School, Japan.; We report an autopsy case of HTLV-I-associated myelopathy (HAM) showing clinical features indistinguishable from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). A Japanese man developed bulbar palsy and generalized neurogenic muscular atrophy with symmetrical hyperreflexia at the age of 57 and died 4.5 years after the onset. He
[Characteristics of surgeon's work with HIV-infected patients]: Khirurgiia (Mosk). 1991 Oct;(10):6-10. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92203626; Kuzin MI; AIDS incidence is sharply growing in all countries. Doctors specialists in all fields of medicine may come in contact in the process of treatment with HIV carriers or patients suffering from AIDS, when the clinical picture is vividly manifested. The most frequently encountered HIV-dependent complex of symptoms include
[Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia as a manifestations of AIDS]: Klin Med (Mosk). 1991 Sep;69(9):3-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92203690; Rytik PG; Kolomiets ND
[The oral status of HIV+ patients. The clinico-statistical results with reference to 2 examination check-ups]: Minerva Stomatol. 1991 Oct;40(10):651-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204098; Gandolfo AM; De Luca P; Modugno G; Mangione R; Cattedra di Chirurgia Speciale Odontostomatologica, Universita; degli Studi di Genova.; The authors describe experience during 2 cycles of examinations of HIV+ patients in an outpatient department devoted to seropositive screening. The results were statistically evaluated in order to seem up the typical characteristics of oral health in this population.
[The clinical aspects of 4 cases of oral Kaposi's sarcoma]: Minerva Stomatol. 1991 Oct;40(10):675-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204101; Piazzi M; Bonazzi V; Degli Esposti R; Istituto Policattedra di Clinica Odontoiatrica, Universita degli; Studi di Bologna.; The authors report 4 cases of patients with AIDS and harbouring oral lesions of Kaposi s sarcoma. They describe the macroscopic appearance and clinical signs in relation to epidemic Kaposi s systemic ones. Because of the anamnestic or coexistence of oral mycosis (Candida), in every case the authors suppose that it may
Transient fungaemia due to Candida pelliculosa in a patient with AIDS.: Mycoses. 1991 Jul-Aug;34(7-8):327-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204183; Salesa R; Burgos A; Fernandez-Mazarrasa C; Quindos G; Ponton J; Servicio de Microbiologia, Hospital Marques de Valdecilla,; Santander.; Candida pelliculosa Redaelli (syn. Hansenula anomala) was isolated from blood cultures of a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The transient candidaemia was apparently associated with intravenous drug addiction. The isolate was identified by standard methods such as API 20 C Aux and 16 discs carbon auxan
Pediatric pathology in the time of AIDS.: Perspect Pediatr Pathol. 1991;15:11-27. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204667; Rosenberg HS; University of Texas Medical School, Houston.
Specificity of anti-peptide antibodies elicited against synthetic peptides mimicking conserved regions of HIV1 envelope glycoprotein.: Res Virol. 1991 Nov-Dec;142(6):423-38. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92205090; Clerget-Raslain B; Benjouad A; van Rietschoten J; Montagnier L; Rochat H; Bahraoui E; Laboratoire de Biologie et Genetique des Pathologies; Immunitaires CERVI, CNRS URA 1463, UFR Pitie-Salpetriere,; Paris.; Comparison of HIV1Bru and HIV2Rod external envelope glycoprotein sequences enabled us to select ten highly conserved peptide sequences. The corresponding peptides were chemically synthesized, then coupled to bovine serum albumin before injection in rabbits. Although all peptides were immunogenic, only antibodies direc
Anti-HIV neutralizing antibodies do not inhibit HIV-induced cell fusion in vitro.: Res Virol. 1991 Nov-Dec;142(6):439-42. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92205091; Emilie D; Delattre RM; Galanaud P; Nicolas JF; INSERM U131, Clamart, France.
[Introduce an AIDS policy in the work place]: Sygeplejersken. 1991 Oct 9;91(41):20. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92205540; Bergqvist LP
[AIDS--the indescribable fear (interview by Claus Ladegaard)]: Sygeplejersken. 1991 Oct 9;91(41):21. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92205541; Davidsen-Nielsen M
Atypical radiation toxicity in patients with classical Kaposi's sarcoma.: Tumori. 1991 Dec 31;77(6):491-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92205852; Macklis RM; Joint Center for Radiation Therapy Harvard Medical School,; Boston, MA.; The classical (non-AIDS-related) form of Kaposi s sarcoma (KS) typically affects older patients of Eastern European or Mediterranean ethnic background. Although radiotherapy is a standard part of the treatment armamentarium for KS patients, a high incidence of radiotoxicity has been reported in epidemic AIDS-related c
[The detection of antibodies to HIV protein p24 in human blood sera by the method of lanthanide immunofluorescent analysis]: Vopr Virusol. 1991 Sep-Oct;36(5):361-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92205988; Busse TL; Khristova ML; Simonov VI; Kushch AA; Stakhanova VM; Kharitonenkov IG; A competitive time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay (TR-FIA) system for the detection of antibodies to protein p24 of HIV was developed on the basis of monoclonal antibodies. The advantages of this test system over analogous enzyme immunoassay system and commercial test system Antigen (USSR) were demonstrated. The newly dev
[A study of sera positive and doubtful for antibodies to the human immunodeficiency virus for the presence of HTLV-I-specific antibodies]: Vopr Virusol. 1991 Sep-Oct;36(5):364-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92205989; Khaitov RM; Trubcheninova LP; Iakovleva LS; Glushchenko MV; Khabakhpasheva NA; Pavlish OA; Seniuta NB; Gurtsevich VE; The results of examinations for the presence of antibody to HTLV-I of 205 sera which were positive or indefinite (doubtful) with regard to HIV are presented. No evidence indicating simultaneous infection with HIV and HTLV-I viruses in 18 HIV-positive subjects was obtained. Antibodies to gag-proteins p19 and p28 HTLV-I
Role of glycosilation in the susceptibility of acid labile interferon alpha to acid treatment.: J Biol Regul Homeost Agents. 1991 Oct-Dec;5(4):147-53. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206195; Capobianchi MR; Mattana P; Gentile M; Conciatori GC; Ankel H; Dianzani F; Institute of Virology, University La Sapienza, Roma, Italy.; Mononuclear cells from blood of healthy donors produce acid-labile interferon (IFN) alpha when stimulated with HIV-infected cells. A large proportion of this IFN appears to be glycosilated, as treatment with neuraminidase causes a shift of the isoelectric point (IP) from pH = 5.2-5.4 to pH = 5.8-6.2. To assess the rol
Antiviral and pharmacokinetic properties of C2 symmetric inhibitors of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 protease.: Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1991 Nov;35(11):2209-14. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206822; Kempf DJ; Marsh KC; Paul DA; Knigge MF; Norbeck DW; Kohlbrenner WE; Codacovi L; Vasavanonda S; Bryant P; Wang XC; et al; Pharmaceutical Products, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park,; Illinois 60064.; Specific processing of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) gag and gag-pol polyprotein gene products by the HIV protease is essential for the production of mature, infections progeny virions. Inhibitors of HIV protease block this maturation and thus prohibit the spread of HIV in vitro. Previously, we reported a ser
Pharmacokinetic evaluations of low- and high-dose zidovudine plus high-dose acyclovir in patients with symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus infection.: Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1991 Nov;35(11):2225-31. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206825; Tartaglione TA; Collier AC; Opheim K; Gianola FG; Benedetti J; Corey L; Department of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy, University; of Washington, Seattle 98105.; The pharmacokinetics of zidovudine were evaluated in 41 patients with Centers for Disease Control HIV class IVA infection. The patients were assigned escalating doses of zidovudine (300, 600, or 1,500 mg daily) and were randomized to receive either zidovudine alone or zidovudine with a high dose of
Development of resistance in candida isolates from patients receiving prolonged antifungal therapy.: Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1991 Nov;35(11):2302-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206836; Fan-Havard P; Capano D; Smith SM; Mangia A; Eng RH; Rutgers College of Pharmacy, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854.; The impact of prolonged antifungal therapy on the development of resistance was examined in 61 patients with oropharyngeal thrush . Fifty-nine patients had symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus infection, one had lung cancer, and one had metastatic prostate cancer. Cultures o
Sulfated polyanions do not inhibit duck hepatitis B virus infection.: Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1991 Nov;35(11):2431-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206860; Offensperger WB; Offensperger S; Walter E; Blum HE; Gerok W; Department of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany.; On the basis of the antiviral action of sulfated polyanions in human immunodeficiency virus and other viral infections, we studied the effect of dextran sulfate and heparin on duck hepatitis B virus infection. These agents do not affect viral uptake and replication in liver cells in vitro or in vivo. Sulfated polyanio
The influence of D-Ala1-peptide T amide, an analogue of HIV glycoprotein 120 fragment, on the CD4--anti CD4 lymphocyte interaction.: Arch Immunol Ther Exp (Warsz). 1991;39(1-2):27-31. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206982; Walczak M; Imielska D; Mackiewicz Z; Kupryszewski G; Dzierzanowska-Madalinska D; Madalinski K; Department of Immunology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Warszawa.; D-Ala1-peptide T amide (DAPTA), synthetic analogue of the HIV glycoprotein 120 sequence, was used to study its binding to specific cellular receptor of HIV, CD4. The analogue contains eight aminoacid residues including 4 threonine residues; its molecular weight being 992. We have shown the temperature- and dose-depend
The role of a domiciliary nursing service in management of AIDS.: Aust J Adv Nurs. 1991 Jun-Aug;8(4):10-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92207431; Chalmers C; Hartwig M; Cook L; O'Brien U; The Royal District Nursing Service in Melbourne has been providing domiciliary nursing care to persons with HIV/AIDS since 1985. This paper outlines the development of the RDNS AIDS Nursing Program and gives an overview of the role of RDNS in management of HIV/AIDS in the community.
Donor selection--securing a safe blood supply.: Aust J Adv Nurs. 1991 Jun-Aug;8(4):14-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92207432; Price M; A survey of blood donors conducted at the Red Cross Blood Bank, Melbourne, Victoria in May 1989 identified deficits in the knowledge of some donor groups. As a result a new medical form for potential donors was designed and trialled. While there were few differences in responses to questions relating to interviewing,
HIV and occupational health.: Aust J Adv Nurs. 1991 Jun-Aug;8(4):18-25. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92207433; Tillett G; Although the occupational risks of HIV transmission in health care are minimal and levels of knowledge among health professionals are high, HIV-related anxiety is pervasive among workers in health care services. Occupational health and safety law is often used to justify unnecessarily rigorous precautions or discrimin
Practising with pride but not without prejudice.: Aust J Adv Nurs. 1991 Jun-Aug;8(4):26-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92207434; Kerr P; This paper looks at the potentially oppressive consequences of demands that insist that health workers change their attitudes and values. It points out that nurses who accuse their peers of being homophobes or bigots are guilty of the same behaviour they condemn in others. It is argued that education can alter profess
Positive experiences: prejudice has pay-offs too.: Aust J Adv Nurs. 1991 Jun-Aug;8(4):30-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92207435; Tomkins M; Having HIV disease is not on the whole a positive experience. There have been many negative reactions to HIV and AIDS from the public, media and health professionals. We can all recount horror stories of people who have been disadvantaged by prejudice because they were in what was perceived as a high risk group. So ho
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding in HIV disease.: Aust J Adv Nurs. 1991 Jun-Aug;8(4):36-41. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92207436; Brantsma A; Kelson K; Malcom J; Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeding was used in the management of malnutrition in 14 patients with AIDS. The method is cost-effective and affords the patient comfort and independence while providing supplemental or complete nutritional support and improving nutritional status.
HIV/AIDS and childbirth: a feminist midwife's view.: Aust J Adv Nurs. 1991 Jun-Aug;8(4):4-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92207437; Page A; This paper explores the impact that the presence of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus has had on the care of pregnant and childbearing women in Victoria and on my professional life as a midwife in private practice and a midwife educator. It provides an overview of my personal experience and discusses how the issues ass
Modeling AIDS as a function of other sexually transmitted disease.: Math Biosci. 1991 Feb;103(1):17-31. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208489; Kault DA; Marsh LM; Department of Mathematics, James Cook University of North; Queensland, Townsville, Australia.; The spread of AIDS, as with any sexually transmitted disease, will depend on the pattern of sexual activity. Both the proportion of the population who have high partner exchange rates and the extent to which that proportion interacts with the remainder of the population are likely to be important determinants of the A
Equilibrium points for nonlinear compartmental models.: Math Biosci. 1991 Mar;103(2):159-201. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208495; Anderson DH; Roller T; Department of Mathematics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas,; Texas 75275.; Equilibrium points for nonlinear autonomous compartmental models with constant input are discussed. Upper and lower bounds for the steady states are derived. Theorems guaranteeing existence and uniqueness of equilibrium points for a large collection of system are proved. New information relating to mean residence time
Qualitative analysis of an HIV transmission model.: Math Biosci. 1991 Apr;104(1):111-34. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208501; Lin X; Department of Mathematics, University of Alberta, Edmonton,; Canada.; In 1988, a multiple-group model for HIV transmission with preferred mixing was proposed by Jacquez and coworkers. In the present paper, the work done by Jacquez et al. is extended. It is shown that the stability modulus of the Jacobian matrix at the no-disease equilibrium is a threshold for this model. Furthermore, if
Rational design and synthesis of a novel class of active site-targeted HIV protease inhibitors containing a hydroxymethylcarbonyl isostere. Use of phenylnorstatine or allophenylnorstatine as a transition-state mimic.: Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 1991 Sep;39(9):2465-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92209007; Mimoto T; Imai J; Tanaka S; Hattori N; Takahashi O; Kisanuki S; Nagano Y; Shintani M; Hayashi H; Sakikawa H; et al; Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical; University, Japan.; A novel class of HIV-1 protease inhibitors containing a hydroxymethylcarbonyl (HMC) isostere were designed from the substrate transition state and synthesized. Phenylnorstatine [Pns; (2R,3S)-3-amino-2-hydroxy-4-phenylbutyric acid] and the 2S diastereomer, (2S,3S)-3-
[The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome]: Feldsher Akush. 1991 Oct;56(10):49-51. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92209763; Smirnov AN
Preclinical evaluation of human hematolymphoid function in the SCID-hu mouse.: Immunol Rev. 1991 Dec;124:45-62. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92210151; McCune JM; Peault B; Streeter PR; Rabin L; New Enterprise Research Division, SyStemix, Inc., Palo Alto, CA; 94303.; Work in the SCID-hu system has progressed significantly over the past 3-4 years. Reliable SCID-hu constructs can now be created for the evaluation of long-term multilineage human hematopoiesis, human immune function, and HIV infection of human hematolymphoid organs in vivo. Given these constructs, a variety of therape
Arkansas HIV/AIDS report 1983-1991.: J Ark Med Soc. 1991 Oct;88(5):232-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92210471
Rapid, easy and economical dot EIA for detection of antibodies to HIV-1 using recombinant env- and gag-proteins.: J Virol Methods. 1991 Sep-Oct;34(2):141-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92210668; Muller R; Glathe H; Lang H; Simon H; Clausnitzer R; Petzold G; Dittmann S; Central Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Epidemiology,; Berlin, F.R.G.; A rapid and simple screening test for antibodies to HIV-1 was designed on the principle of dot-EIA. Recombinant HIV-1 env and gag polypeptides are fixed on nitrocellulose sheets. Peroxidase conjugated protein A is used for detection of bound antibodies. After addition of hydrogen peroxide and 2-bromo-1-naphtol antigen
Competitive polymerase chain reaction assay for quantitation of HIV-1 DNA and RNA.: J Virol Methods. 1991 Sep-Oct;34(2):149-60. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92210669; Stieger M; Demolliere C; Ahlborn-Laake L; Mous J; Diagnostics Division, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel,; Switzerland.; A quantitative PCR assay for the detection of HIV-1 nucleic acids is described. The assay is based on a competitive internal standard nucleic acid which can be discriminated from target sequences by the presence of a new restriction enzyme site. The method was used to quantitate plasmid molecules containing HIV-1 sequ
Lack of evidence of occult human immunodeficiency virus in seronegative individuals at very high risk of infection.: J Med Virol. 1991 Nov;35(3):160-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92211336; Crowe SM; Elbeik T; Ulrich PP; Mills J; Moss A; Division of Infectious Diseases, San Francisco General Hospital,; University of California.; Reports of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in seronegative individuals prompted the authors to investigate subjects who are at very high risk of acquisition of HIV in San Francisco. Nine HIV seronegative subjects were evaluated extensively, eight of whom were drawn from a well-characterized cohort of sero
Effects of purine nucleoside analogues with a cyclobutane ring and erythromycin A oxime derivatives on duck hepatitis B virus replication in vivo and in cell culture and HIV-1 in cell culture.: J Med Virol. 1991 Nov;35(3):180-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92211339; Hung LF; Brumbaugh AE; Bhatia G; Marion PL; Hung PP; Norbeck DW; Plattner JJ; Robinson WS; Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine,; California.; The effects on duck hepatitis B virus (DHBV) replication of specific analogues of two classes of chemical compounds not previously tested against hepadnaviruses are described. One is erythromycin A-9-methyloxime (EMO) and other oxime derivatives of erythromycin A, and the other is purine nucleoside analogues (cyclobut
Growth of human immunodeficiency virus I in cultured cells in the absence of the CD4 antigen.: J Med Virol. 1991 Nov;35(3):187-91. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92211340; Morrison NK; McCarthy K; Hart CA; Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Liverpool,; United Kingdom.; The ability of a variety of epithelial, embryonal, placental, and neuronal cells to express the CD4 antigen and to be infected by human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) was examined. Only two (IMR-32 and HeLa-T4) expressed CD4 detectable by indirect immunofluorescence, and both were infectable by HIV-1. Two others, a
Social behavior, public policy, and nonharmful drug use.: Milbank Q. 1991;69(3):437-59. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212227; Winick C; City University of New York.; A body of research conducted over several decades has established that a considerable proportion of regular users of heroin, cocaine, and other psychoactive drugs continue to function effectively at work and in other areas of social life. Yet American policy has been predicated on assumptions of a universal course of
To build a bridge: the use of foreign models by domestic critics of U.S. drug policy.: Milbank Q. 1991;69(3):495-526. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212229; Oppenheimer GM; Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, Brooklyn College,; City University of New York 11210.; Domestic critics of American policy concerning illicit drugs have frequently looked abroad for evidence to bolster their agenda. Policies developed elsewhere, specifically heroin maintenance in Britain and harm reduction in Holland, have profoundly affected debate over the American approach to addiction. In each insta
Current progress in HIV vaccines.: Mo Med. 1991 Nov;88(11):762-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212261; Westblom TU; Belshe RB; Gorse GJ; Department of Medicine, St. Louis University School of Medicine,; MO 63104.
Epidemic patterns of hepatitis type B virus (HBV) and human T lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) in two ATL-endemic islands in Kyushu, Japan.: Nagoya J Med Sci. 1991 Mar;53(1-4):23-32. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212423; Tachibana K; Ito S; Shirahama S; Nagatomo M; Kinoshita K; Tajima K; Izuhara Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan.; To evaluate the relationships between human T lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) and hepatitis virus type B (HBV) infections, we compared both individual and geographical distributions of carriers of HTLV-I and HBV, and antibody positives to HBV in two ATL-endemic islands in Kyushu, Jap
Inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus type I replication by derivatives of gossypol.: Pharmacol Res. 1991 Dec;24(4):407-12. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212741; Royer RE; Mills RG; Deck LM; Mertz GJ; Vander Jagt DL; Department of Biochemistry, University of New Mexico School of; Medicine, Albuquerque 87131.; Gossypol (I) and its derivatives gossylic nitrile-1,1 -diacetate (II), gossylic iminolactone (III) and gossylic lactone (IV) inhibit the replication of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in vitro in the order III greater than I greater than II,IV, indicating that derivatives of gossypol can retain antiviral activitie
Cytokine stimulation of parasitic and microbial growth.: Res Microbiol. 1991 Nov-Dec;142(9):979-83. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213269; Denis M; Campbell D; Gregg EO; Bioscience 1, ICI Pharmaceuticals, Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK.
The unseen sample in cohort studies: estimation of its size and effect. Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study.: Stat Med. 1991 Dec;10(12):1993-2003. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213297; Hoover DR; Munoz A; Carey V; Odaka N; Taylor JM; Chmiel JS; Armstrong J; Vermund SH; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Public; Health, Baltimore, MD 21205.; Recruitment of disease-free subjects into cohort studies and measurement of their time from exposure/infection to disease selectively excludes individuals (the unseen sample) who had earlier exposure and who have shorter times to disease. The unseen and observed samples may differ in other characteristics in addition
[Febrile interstitial pneumonia in a HIV positive patient. Diagnosis by transbronchial biopsy after non-contributory bronchoalveolar lavage]: Rev Pneumol Clin. 1991;47(5):217-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213352; Brechot JM; Vuong TK; Poubeau P; Quieffin J; Capron F; Rochemaure J; Service de Pneumologie, Hotel-Dieu de Paris.; The authors report a case of HIV infection revealed by pneumocystosis. Bronchoalveolar lavage failed to provide a diagnosis. A second bronchial fibroscopy associated with transbronchial biopsies enabled the diagnosis of invasive pneumocystosis to be made.
Epidemiology in developing countries--some experiences from collaboration across disciplines and cultures.: Scand J Soc Med Suppl. 1991;46:25-32. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213421; Wall SG; Department of Epidemiology and Health Care Research, University; of Umea, Sweden.; Epidemiology has been increasingly recognized as a public health strategy for health research, intervention and health policy making. In this communication I will focus on strategies and methods for epidemiology within the context of working together across disciplines and cultures. That problems are local but methods
Assessment of health policy in Costa Rica--some preliminary remarks.: Scand J Soc Med Suppl. 1991;46:82-91. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213428; Eriksson CG; Mohs E; Eriksson B; Nordic School of Public Health, Goteborg.; Costa Rica is one of the world s success stories in primary health care. During the past 20 years the country has experienced a demographic and epidemiological transition. However, during the 80 s the economic recession severely affected the country. The social, economic, politi
Comparison of hemin enhancement of burst-forming units-erythroid clonal efficiency by progenitor cells from normal and HIV-infected patients.: Acta Haematol. 1991;86(4):189-93. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214023; Abraham NG; Mathew A; Jiang S; Lutton JD; Nishimura M; Chertkov JL; Levere RD; Department of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla.; The ability of peripheral-blood hematopoietic progenitor cells from AIDS patients and normal controls to respond to erythropoietin (Epo) was assessed for burst-forming units-erythroid (BFU-E). BFU-E colony formation from AIDS patients peripheral blood responded to a wide range of Epo concentrations (0.5-4 U) in a sim
[The impact of AIDS in Portugal]: Acta Med Port. 1991 Dec;4 Suppl 1:45S-46S. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214230; Garcia JT; Departamento de Saude Publica, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas,; Lisboa.; An outline of the AIDS epidemiological situation in Portugal is given. Its mortality is compared with that of other diseases connected with the behaviour of individuals. The weight of AIDS on mass media is discussed. Prevention stra
[Ethical and legal aspects of AIDS in Portuguese Law]: Acta Med Port. 1991 Dec;4 Suppl 1:47S-51S. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214231; de Faria PL; Escola Nacional de Saude Publica, Lisboa.; HIV infection presents by its particular characteristics of contagion and by the fact that it is associated with human behaviours which are already object of social discrimination or criminal sanctions, new elements which shook the traditional legal means used in the fight against epidemics. In this context, the prese
[Immunologic aspects of HIV infection]: Acta Med Port. 1991 Dec;4 Suppl 1:52S-58S. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214232; Caetano JA; Servico de Imunologia, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas, Lisboa; Universidade Nova de Lisboa.; Infection of Human organism by Human Immunodeficiency viruses induces, after a shorter or a longer period, a complex immune Deficiency (ID) that has been named Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Although the designation is not correct, it has been accepted by the scientific community. AIDS includes multiple c
[Immunodeficiency viruses]: Acta Med Port. 1991 Dec;4 Suppl 1:59S-63S. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214233; Ferreira WF; Pinto AS; Alvarez EP; Sousa RA; Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Laboratorio de; Imunologia, IPOFG, Lisboa.; In the first part of this article some structural and biological aspects of the HIV viruses are presented, in our opinion among the most interesting ones, connected with the AIDS viruses. Viral infection and its evolution, particularly related with infection by HIV-2, will be presented later, in the light of our exper
[Immunologic profile of HIV-2 seropositive African individuals (follow-up)]: Acta Med Port. 1991 Dec;4 Suppl 1:64S-66S. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214234; Pinto AS; Ferreira WF; Costa C; Silva AP; Alvarez EP; Sousa RA; Mansinho K; Champalimaud JL; Araujo C; Dias F; et al; Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Laboratorio de; Imunologia, I.P.O.F.G., Lisboa.; In the geographic distribution of HIV-2, it is known that this infection is most prevalent in West Africa. Since 1986 we have studied seropositive and seronegative clusters, in Guinea-Bissau with follow-ups in 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1991. Analysis of the results show the high incide
[Therapeutic perspectives of HIV infection and of opportunistic infections. Multicenter projects of clinical investigation in the EEC]: Acta Med Port. 1991 Dec;4 Suppl 1:67S-68S. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214235; Antunes F; Clinica de Doencas Infecciosas e Parasitarias, Faculdade de; Medicina, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisboa.; Some centers in Portugal involved in the treatment of AIDS patients collaborate in clinical research programmes at a European level. The European Network for the Treatment of AIDS (ENTA) is a concerted action, with logistical and po
Structure and function in recombinant HIV-1 gp120 and speculation about the disulfide bonding in the gp120 homologs of HIV-2 and SIV.: Adv Exp Med Biol. 1991;303:1-14. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214267; Gregory T; Hoxie J; Watanabe C; Spellman M; Dept. of Process Sciences, Genentech, Inc., So. San Francisco, CA; 94080.
Immunogenicity of lipopolysaccharide derived from Brucella abortus: potential as a carrier in development of vaccines for AIDS.: Adv Exp Med Biol. 1991;303:227-33. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214282; Goldstein J; Hernandez D; Frasch C; Beining PR; Betts M; Hoffman T; Golding B; Division of Hematology, USFDA, Bethesda, MD 20892.; In view of its unique ability to stimulate human B cells, we have considered using Brucella abortus (BA) as a carrier for human vaccines. Recently we showed that HIV-1 coupled to BA, but not unconjugated HIV-1, was able to stimulate murine responses even in the relative absence of CD4+ T cells. This result suggested t
Molecular mechanisms in the pathogenesis of AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma.: Adv Exp Med Biol. 1991;303:27-38. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214289; Ensoli B; Barillari G; Buonaguro L; Gallo RC; Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute,; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.; Kaposi s Sarcoma (KS) is a tumor of mesenchymal origin of unclear etiology and pathogenesis. The epidemic form of KS (AIDS-associated) occurs in up to 30% of HIV-1 infected individuals with lesions characterized by mixed cellularity, spindle cells proliferation and neoangiogenesis. The establishment of in vitro and in
Structure-function analysis of the HIV glycoprotein.: Adv Exp Med Biol. 1991;303:39-46. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214293; Dubay JW; Shin HJ; Dong JY; Roberts S; Hunter E; Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham; 35294.
Common sequence in HIV 1 GP41 and HLA class II beta chains can generate crossreactive autoantibodies with immunosuppressive potential early in the course of HIV 1 infection.: Adv Exp Med Biol. 1991;303:63-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214296; Blackburn R; Clerici M; Mann D; Lucey DR; Goedert J; Golding B; Shearer GM; Golding H; Division of Virology, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.; We have previously reported the identification of highly conserved homologous regions located in the carboxy terminus of the HIV 1 gp41 (aa 837-844), and the amino-terminal of the beta chain of all human HLA class II antigens (aa 19-25). Murine monoclonal antibodies raised against synthetic peptides from these homolog
Association of facial paralysis with HIV positivity.: Am J Otol. 1991 Nov;12(6):450-1. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214575; Murr AH; Benecke JE Jr; Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, St. Louis; University School of Medicine, MO 63110-0250.; Facial paralysis, although a rare complication of AIDS related complex (ARC) or AIDS, may well be the presenting symptom of HIV positivity. A case report of facial paralysis followed closely by discovery of HIV positivity is described, along with a pertinent and extensive literature review. Seroconversion to HIV-posit
Anti-HIV-1 activity of sulfated amphotericin B in vitro.: Antiviral Res. 1991 Oct;16(3):243-55. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214925; Otake T; Miyano K; Mori H; Morimoto M; Ueba N; Kunita N; Nakashima H; Kurimura T; Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Japan.; To reduce the toxicity of amphotericin B methyl ester (AME), which shows some anti-HIV-1 activity, sulfated amphotericin B (SAB) was prepared from amphotericin B (AB), and its anti-HIV-1 activity was examined in vitro. SAB at concentration of 7.8 micrograms/ml completely suppressed the HIV-1-induced cytopathic effect
Effects of a soluble CD4 and CD4-Pseudomonas exotoxin A chimeric protein on human peripheral blood lymphocytes: lymphocyte activation and anti-HIV activity in vitro.: Antiviral Res. 1991 Oct;16(3):267-79. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214927; Rubino KL; Tarpley WG; Nicholas JA; Cancer and Infectious Diseases Research, Upjohn Laboratories,; Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007.; Recombinant sCD4-based proteins were evaluated for their effects on antigen-stimulated proliferation of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and for antiviral activity against PBMC infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIVD34). Two sCD4-based proteins were solubilized, refolded, and purified to homoge
Ozone inactivates HIV at noncytotoxic concentrations.: Antiviral Res. 1991 Oct;16(3):281-92. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214928; Carpendale MT; Freeberg JK; Rehabilitation Medicine and Research Services, Veterans; Administration Hospital, San Francisco, CA 94121.; The inactivation of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and cytotoxic properties of ozone-treated serum and serum-supplemented media were examined. The titer of HIV suspensions in human serum was reduced in a dose-dependent manner when treated with total reacted ozone concentrations at a range of 0.5 to 3.5 micrograms/
[Analysis of the replication kinetics in primary culture of isolates of HIV-1 from infected patients in various stages of the disease]: Boll Soc Ital Biol Sper. 1991 May;67(5):529-34. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215547; Fiore JR; Angarano G; Fico C; Di Stefano M; Monno L; Pastore G; Clinica di Malattie Infettive, Universita di Bari.; The authors have studied the replicative kinetics and the induction of cytopathic effects of HIV-1 in primary co-cultures from infected subjects at various stages of the disease. Cultures from subjects with ARC or AIDS yielded HIV-1 replication more precociously and at higher levels compared to those from asymptomatic
[Isolation of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from whole blood]: Boll Soc Ital Biol Sper. 1991 May;67(5):535-42. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215548; Fiore JR; Angarano G; Fico C; Di Stefano M; Fracasso C; Pastore G; Clinica di Malattie Infettive, Universita di Bari.; The authors describe a simple and sensitive technique for HIV isolation from small amounts of heparinized whole blood. This method demonstrated a high efficiency in detecting HIV at all stages of disease and appeared more sensitive with respect to viral isolation from peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Although furth
The clinical management of patients with HIV infection and AIDS.: Br J Clin Pract. 1991 Autumn;45(3):202-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215637; Barton SE; Department of HIV/Genito-urinary Medicine, John Hunter Clinic,; London.; The clinician is faced with a number of problems when treating patients infected with the human immunodeficiency (HIV) virus. Firstly, there is a lack of accurate data on the numbers of people infected by the HIV virus and uncertainty as to the natural history of the infection. This limits the ability to plan health c
Effect of structural variations in cholesteryl-conjugated oligonucleotides on inhibitory activity toward HIV-1.: Bioconjug Chem. 1991 Nov-Dec;2(6):422-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215809; Farooqui F; Sarin PS; Sun D; Letsinger RL; Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston,; Illinois 60208-3113.; A number of oligonucleotide analogues containing internucleoside phosphorothioate linkages and a covalently attached cholesteryl residue was synthesized and tested for activity against HIV-1 in cultures of Molt3 cells. Structural features important for high antiviral activity are the presence of a cholesteryl moiety,
[Invasive aspergillosis in patients infected by the human immunodeficiency virus]: Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 1991 Oct;9(8):477-83. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215824; Rodriguez-Arrondo F; Iribarren JA; Arrizabalaga J; Grocin AI; von Wichmann MA; Garde C; Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Nuestra senora de; Aranzazu, San Sebastian.; Invasive aspergillosis is a disease that affects immunosuppressed patients, in close relationship with the presence and duration of neutropenia. Although formerly included among the AIDS definition criteria, it was thereafter dropped out because of its very low prevalence. We describe here four cases of invasive asper
[Infection by Mucorales fungi]: Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 1991 Oct;9(8):484-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215825; Pintado V; Valencia E; Lopez-Dupla JM; Lavilla P; Gonzalez A; Gil A; Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital La Paz, Universidad; Autonoma, Madrid.; Mucormycosis is a rare opportunistic fungal infection of immunosuppressed patients. We describe here 5 cases of mucormycosis: three with facial and eye involvement, one with lung involvement and one affecting skin and joints. All five patients had underlying diseases: diabetes, leukemia, lymphoma, neoplasia and AIDS.
[Tuberculosis in 34 patients with HIV infection]: Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 1991 Oct;9(8):488-90. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215826; Garcia-Martos P; Castano MA; Canueto J; Hohr L; Diaz J; Gonzalez-Borrachero ML; Unidade de Microbiologia, Hospital del SAS, Cadiz.; The clinical and microbiological finding of 34 patients with HIV infection and tuberculosis (30 were men), 32 were intravenous drug addicts. Fever, adenopathies, hepatomegaly and splenomegaly were the most encountered manifestations on admittance. 61.8% had a disseminated form of tuberculosis; the main locations were
[Absence of HIV infection among the mentally retarded (letter)]: Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 1991 Oct;9(8):516. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215838; Garcia F; Quiros E; Bernal M; Maroto MC
[Guidelines for the management of the asymptomatic HIV-positive patient in primary care]: Aten Primaria. 1991 Nov;8(10):784-6, 789. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216000; Dorado ML; Buzon Rueda L; Centro de Salud Dr. Granero y Seminario de Microbiologia del; Centro Especial Ramon y Cajal, Madrid.
A note on epidemics in heterogeneous populations.: Math Biosci. 1991 Jun;105(1):133-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216403; Boylan RD; Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405.; Recent analysis has shown the importance of heterogeneity for understanding the course of epidemics. However, the results generally rely on computer models or the assumption that the population consists of internally homogeneous subgroups. This note presents some analytic results for the more general case, in which an
Mean-max bounds for worst-case endemic mixing models.: Math Biosci. 1991 Jun;105(1):97-109. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216407; Kaplan EH; Yale School of Organization and Management, New Haven,; Connecticut 06520.; Recently developed models of HIV/AIDS demonstrate how epidemic trajectories and endemic levels of infection depend upon difficult to observe mixing patterns among population subgroups. Kaplan and Lee produced bounds for worst-case endemic mixing models without requiring knowledge of the underlying mixing patterns. Thi
A simulation model of AIDS in San Francisco: I. Model formulation and parameter estimation.: Math Biosci. 1991 Oct;106(2):203-22. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216414; Hethcote HW; Van Ark JW; Longini IM Jr; Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa, Iowa City.; A model is formulated for the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the subsequent development of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the population of homosexual men in San Francisco. The dynamic simulation model includes sexually very active and active subpopulations, migration, and a staged
A simulation model of AIDS in San Francisco: II. Simulations, therapy, and sensitivity analysis.: Math Biosci. 1991 Oct;106(2):223-47. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216415; Hethcote HW; Van Ark JW; Karon JM; Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa, Iowa City.; The HIV and AIDS incidences each year for homosexual men in San Francisco are estimated from data. A computer simulation model for HIV transmission dynamics and progression to AIDS is used to reconstruct the HIV epidemic. Using some a priori parameter estimates, simulations are found that give good fits to the inciden
Assessing the variability of stochastic epidemics.: Math Biosci. 1991 Dec;107(2):209-24. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216427; Isham V; University College London, England.; In predicting the course of individual realizations of an epidemic it is important to know the magnitude of the variability of such realizations about their mean. In this paper and in the context of the general stochastic epidemic, some methods of obtaining approximate estimates of this variability are investigated; o
A log-linear modeling framework for selective mixing.: Math Biosci. 1991 Dec;107(2):349-77. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216436; Morris M; Department of Sociology, Columbia University, New York, New York; 10027.; Nonrandom mixing can significantly alter the diffusion path of an infectious disease such as AIDS that requires intimate contact. Recent attempts to model this effect have sought a general framework capable of representing both simple and arbitrarily complicated mixing structures, and of solving the balancing problem
The use of operational modeling of HIV/AIDS in a systems approach to public health decision making.: Math Biosci. 1991 Dec;107(2):413-30. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216439; Bailey NT; Chalet Chrine, Fang, Lauenen, Switzerland.; Compartmental models of infectious diseases readily represent known biological and epidemiological processes, are easily understood in flow-chart form by administrators, are simple to adjust to new information, and lend themselves to routine statistical analysis such as parameter estimation and model fitting. Technica
Three-stage stochastic epidemic model: an application to AIDS.: Math Biosci. 1991 Dec;107(2):431-49. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216440; Billard L; Zhao Z; Department of Statistics, University of Georgia, Athens 30602.; A three-stage stochastic epidemic model extending the so-called classical epidemic process to one that includes time-dependent transition probabilities is described, and a solution to the appropriate set of forward differential-difference equations is given. When an individual can move from being a susceptible to one
Model fitting and projection of the AIDS epidemic.: Math Biosci. 1991 Dec;107(2):451-89. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216441; Cairns AJ; Department of Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics, Heriot-Watt; University, Edinburgh, Scotland.; Previously it was possible to fit detailed models to incidence data (for example, of AIDS) only by trial and error and good judgment; the large number of parameters obstructed optimization of, for example, the (approximate) likelihood. Here, we analyze a model for the spread of AIDS in a homosexual population and iden
A stochastic model for the development of an AIDS epidemic in a heterosexual population.: Math Biosci. 1991 Dec;107(2):491-520. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216442; Mode CJ; Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Drexel; University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104.; A non-age-dependent model, describing the evolution of a bisexual population, is developed in this paper and applied to projecting an AIDS epidemic in a heterosexual population. Included in the formulation are frequency- and non-frequency-dependent rules of partnership formation as well as five states of HIV disease,
A stochastic mover/stayer model for an HIV epidemic.: Math Biosci. 1991 Dec;107(2):521-45. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216443; Rossi C; Dipartimento di Matematica, Universita di Roma Tor Vergata,; Italy.; A multicompartmental model is proposed to deal with the spread of the HIV epidemic. Stratification with respect to high- and low-risk groups is taken into account, introducing a fuzzy decomposition of the compartment of susceptibles. The infectivity period is staged using different levels of CD4 cell counts. Asymptoti
The effect of structural behavior change on the spread of HIV in a one-sex population.: Math Biosci. 1991 Dec;107(2):547-55. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216444; Scalia-Tomba G; Centro Operativo AIDS, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Roma,; Italy.; Within a preferred mixing type of model for the spread of HIV in a one-sex population, the effects of structural behavior change, that is movements of individuals from one activity class to another, with accompanying changes of contact pattern are investigated. It is concluded that such behavior change makes it more d
[In situ production and possible role of interleukins in clinical immunopathology]: C R Seances Soc Biol Fil. 1991;185(5):252-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216870; Galanaud P; Devergne O; Crevon MC; Emilie D; Unite d'Immunopathologie et Immunologie virale de l'INSERM,; INSERM U 131, Clamart.; We used in situ hybridization to study the expression of interleukin genes in sarcoidosis and in persistent generalized lymphadenopathy of HIV disease. In both cases, we found a dramatic over-expression of the interferon-gamma (IFN gamma) gene as compared to that of the interleukin-2 (
[Protection against the transmission of hematogenous diseases in a hospital milieu. A new device for venous puncture]: Cah Anesthesiol. 1991;39(8):549-50. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216890; Dubois MC
[Lincosamide antibiotics]: Cas Lek Cesk. 1991 Dec 27;130(26):715-22. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92217027; Vacek V; II. Infekcni klinika 3, lekarske fakulty, Univerzity Karlovy; a fakultni nemocnice, Praha.; A survey of microbiological and pharmacological properties of, of clinical experience with and of untoward reactions of lincomycin and clindamycin has been presented. Both antibiotics are active against gram-positive aerobic and many anaerobic bacteria. As to anti-anaerobic activity, clindamycin is superior to lincomy
Rhabdomyolysis associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.: Cent Afr J Med. 1991 Nov;37(11):387-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92217045; Neves O; Stein CM; Thornton C; Gangaidzo I; Thomas JE; Department of Medicine, University of Zimbabwe, Avondale, Harare.
Attitudes of teachers toward implementing AIDS prevention education programmes in secondary schools of Zimbabwe.: Cent Afr J Med. 1991 Dec;37(12):390-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92217047; Munodawafa D; University of Akron, College of Education, Department of Physical; and Health Education, Ohio 44325-5103.; Eighty-three secondary school teachers and headmasters from Masvingo Province in Zimbabwe responded to a questionnaire eliciting their opinions toward implementation of AIDS prevention education programmes in the school setting. Results show that although 79 teachers (95.2 pc) su
Condom acceptance and HIV prevention in reproductive health: the challenges.: Cent Afr J Med. 1991 Dec;37(12):419-27. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92217053; Mbizvo MT; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Zimbabwe; Medical School, Avondale, Harare.
Outcome of patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection admitted to intensive care: a preliminary study [letter]: Cent Afr J Med. 1991 Dec;37(12):436-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92217056; McKenzie AG
[Immunological change in pigmentary degeneration of retina and its relation to traditional Chinese medicine differentiation of syndromes]: Chung Hsi I Chieh Ho Tsa Chih. 1991 Oct;11(10):600-2, 581. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92217143; Qin YH; Zhu WF; Li CK; Hunan Academy of TCM and Medicinal Herbs, Changsha.; Using monoclonal antibody technique, T lymphocyte cell subgroups, immunoglobins, complements, and circulating immune complexes (CIC) were measured in 60 patients with pigmentary degeneration of retina (RP) and 40 normal subjects. The results indicated that T1, T4, T8, C3 and C4 of the patients were lower than those of
[AIDS in the Spanish medical literature (1985-1989): a review of six publications]: Gac Sanit. 1991 Nov-Dec;5(27):273-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92218082; Garcia-Ibanez T; Sanchez E; Bosch A; Casabona J; Segura A
HIV seropositivity in Greek blood donors (1985-1990) [letter]: Vox Sang. 1991;61(3):215-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92221614; Hatzidimitriou K; Kontopoulou I; Mandalaki T; Renieri N; Sofroniadou K; Politi C; Loizou K; Spiliotopoulou I; Gialeraki A; Panayotopoulou K; et al
Significance of p24 on immunoblot with an absent HIV antibody assay [letter] [see comments]: Vox Sang. 1991;61(3):217-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92221615; Galea G; Urbaniak SJ
[Screening of HIV infection in prisoner++ populations at prison facilities in the Southern region]: Acta Med Port. 1991 Nov-Dec;4(6):285-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92221822; Costa LR; Ribeiro MR; dos Reis S; Hospital Prisional S. Joao de Deus, Caxias.; Blood samples collected from 1017 individuals incarcerated in the prisons of Caxias, Linho and Tires, during 1990, were tested for anti-HIV. Rates of seropositivity were interpreted in the view of statistical data issued from the Council of Europe.
[Adenosine deaminase. A pluridisciplinary enzyme]: Acta Med Port. 1991 Nov-Dec;4(6):315-23. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92221830; da Cunha JG; Clinica de Doencas Infecciosas Hospital da Universidade de; Coimbra.; Adenosine deaminase is an enzyme that actively participates in the metabolism of the adenine nucleotides. It catalyzes the irreversible hydrolytic deamination of deoxyadenosine and adenosine with the production of deoxyinosine and inosine respectively and of ammonia. This enzyme thus plays an important role in lympho-
[Nephro-urologic manifestations of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in our country]: Actas Urol Esp. 1991 Mar-Apr;15(2):112-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92221851; Angulo JC; Unda Urzaiz M; Larrinaga Izaguirre JR; Flores Corral N; Servicio de Urologia, Santo Hospital Civil de Bilbao.; We intend to approach the genitourinary and nephrological pathologies presented in our environment by patients with HIV infection. To this end we have carried out a retrospective study on a series of patients selected on the basis of follow-up possibility. A continuous history, recording a detailed clinical examinatio
[Spondylo-arthritis in Togolese patients]: Ann Med Interne (Paris). 1991;142(8):582-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92222152; Mijiyawa M; Grunitzky K; Agbanouvi EA; Agbetra A; Service de Medecine, CHU Tokoin, Lome, Togo.; A survey was conducted to determine the frequency and semiological characteristics of spondylarthropathies encountered in hospital consultation in Lome, Togo . Spondylarthropathy was diagnosed in 13 out of 1498 consulting patients. All the patients were male, ranging in age from 18 to
[Treatment of neurotoxoplasmosis with the combination sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim: report of 10 cases]: Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 1991 Sep;49(3):279-84. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92222383; Nobrega JP; Divisao de Clinica Neurologica, Hospital das Clinicas,; Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brasil.; Toxoplasmosis is the most frequent parasitic infection of the CNS in the immunocompromised host. When promptly treated with the sulfadiazine-pyrimethamine combination patients with cerebral toxoplasmosis characteristically respond with clear clinical and CT improvement within 1-2 weeks. We report the results achieved
[AIDS and myopathy: report of a case and review of the literature]: Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 1991 Sep;49(3):352-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92222397; Rodrigues KM; Puccioni-Sohler M; Castineiras TM; Pereira MT; Papi JA; Schechter M; Avila C; Duarte F; Novis SA; Servicos de Doencas Infecciosas e Parasitarias (DIP), Hospital; Universitario Clementino Fraga Filho, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.; Report of an unusual case of myopathy in an HIV infected patient, responsive only to the immunosuppressor drug methotrexate. The patient was a 39 year old homosexual male with no past history of HIV-related manifestations. One month prior to admission he noticed that his left thigh was swollen and painful. Two weeks l
Studies of human leprosy lesions in situ using suction-induced blisters: cell changes with IgM antibody to PGL-1 and interleukin-2 receptor in clinical subgroups of erythema nodosum leprosum.: Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol. 1991 Dec;9(2):107-19. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92222486; Bhoopat L; Scollard DM; Theetranont C; Chiewchanvit S; Nelson DL; Utaipat U; Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai; University, Thailand.; To examine the immunopathogenesis of type 2 erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) reactions in leprosy, we studied cellular and soluble immunologic components of skin lesions in 57 patients with reactions (19 acute ENL and 38 chronic ENL), 61 active patients without reactions, and 33 control patients whose leprosy had been
Comparison of the sensitivity of various anti-HIV tests in early seroconversion sera.: Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol. 1991 Dec;9(2):95-100. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92222498; Chaisri U; Sirivichayakul S; Phanuphak P; Panmoung W; Ubolyam S; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn; University, Bangkok, Thailand.; Paired sera from 4 patients with proven HIV infection whose initial specimens obtained 14-51 days earlier were indeterminate were simultaneously retested with 7 screening anti-HIV test kits and the immunoblot assay. The study aimed to evaluate the sensitivity of various new and old anti-HIV screening tests. The test k
AAP recommends athletes infected with HIV be allowed to participate in al sports. American Academy of Pediatrics.: Bol Asoc Med P R. 1991 Sep;83(9):415-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92222524
[Opportunistic protozoans (editorial)]: Invest Clin. 1991;32(2):55-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223165; Chacin de Bonilla L
Use of DHCP to provide essential information for care and management of HIV patients.: Proc Annu Symp Comput Appl Med Care. 1991;:146-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223706; Pfeil CN; Ivey JL; Hoffman JD; Kuhn IM; Department of Veterans Affairs, Information Systems Center, San; Francisco, CA 94105.; The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has reported over 10,000 Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) cases since the beginning of the epidemic. These cases were distributed throughout 152 of the VA s network of 172 medical centers and outpatient clinics. This network of health care facilities presents a unique
Nurses' perspectives on problems of hospitalized PCP patients: implications for the development of a nursing taxonomy.: Proc Annu Symp Comput Appl Med Care. 1991;:177-81. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223713; Henry SB; Holzemer WL; Reilly CA; School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco; 94143-0608.; The phenomena of interest in nursing informatics research are the data, information and knowledge related to nursing. This study presents nurses perspectives on the problems of patients hospitalized for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia from four data sources: nurse interview, intershift report, care plan, and nurses n
Representation requirements for supporting knowledge-based construction of decision models in medicine.: Proc Annu Symp Comput Appl Med Care. 1991;:634-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223815; Leong TY; MIT Laboratory for Computer Science, Cambridge, MA 02139.; This paper analyzes the medical knowledge required for formulating decision models in the domain of pulmonary infectious diseases (PIDs) with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Aiming to support dynamic decision-modeling, the knowledge characterization focuses on the ontology of the clinical decision problem.
Therapeutic review: tuberculosis.: Cent Afr J Med. 1991 Aug;37(8):250-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92224230; Houston S; Pozniak A; Ray CS; Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Zimbabwe.; Tuberculosis (TB) is increasing in Zimbabwe and other countries in Africa and world-wide. TB treatment and control face new difficulties including the impact of the HIV epidemic and drug resistance. There is now abundant evidence that six-month regimens are highly effective and,
A demand in the United States and in Britain that all health staff should be HIV negative or that if they are HIV positive they should inform their patients [letter]: Cent Afr J Med. 1991 Sep;37(9):307. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92224246; Gordon JA
[Hemolytic anemia associated with minor salmonellosis in an HIV positive, G6PD deficient Congolese woman]: Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 1991;84(4):358-61. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92224320; Bouchaud O; Matheron S; Coulaud JP; Charmot G; Service de Pathologie infectieuse et tropicale, Hopital; Bichat-Claude-Bernard, Paris.; Haemolytic anaemia in G6PD-deficient patients with thyphoid fever is well known, but there is only one case-report associated with non-typhic salmonella fever. We report here a case observed in a black african young woman whose HIV infection has been discovered on this occasion. Because of the high prevalence of HIV i
[A case report: septicemia caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a patient infected with the human immunodeficiency virus in Burundi]: Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 1991;84(4):362-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92224321; Kamamfu G; Nikoyagize E; Ndayiragije A; Cishako A; Aubry P; Departement de Medecine interne, CHU Kamenge, Bujumbura,; Burundi.; The authors report a case of septicaemia due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in one AIDS patient. This case arouse the interest of the clinicians for a systematic study on blood dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in all patients with HIV infections prolonged fever of unknown origin.
[Visceral leishmaniasis caused by a dermotropic strain of Leishmania infantum in an AIDS patient]: Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 1991;84(4):365-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92224322; Marty P; Fuzibet JG; Pratlong F; Quinsat D; Gari-Toussaint M; Dor JF; Le Fichoux Y; Rioux JA; Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hopital de Cimiez, Nice.; A case of fatal visceral leishmaniasis due to a dermotropic strain of Leishmania infantum (Zymodeme MON-24) is related in an AIDS patient in spite of a specific treatment.
Prevention of HIV infection.: Indian Pediatr. 1991 Aug;28(8):961-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92225573; Kamat J; Kumta NB; Department of Pediatrics, K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay.
Prevalence of delta hepatitis markers among parenteral drug abusers and homosexual men with and without AIDS [letter]: J Hepatol. 1991 Nov;13(3):380-1. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92226493; Antinori S; Ridolfo A; Caredda F; Esposito R; Moroni M
Sexual contact patterns between men and women and the spread of HIV-1 in urban centres in Africa.: IMA J Math Appl Med Biol. 1991;8(4):221-47. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92226589; Boily MC; Anderson RM; Department of Biology, Imperial College, London University, UK.; A simple model of the transmission of HIV-1 by heterosexual contact and from mother to unborn infant is developed to assess the influence of patterns of mixing between low and high sexual activity classes of the two sexes on the pattern of spread of the virus and the demographic impact of AIDS. Numerical studies of mo
[Development of blood products--the status and appropriate application of blood transfusion]: Nippon Rinsho. 1991 Dec;49 Suppl:799-804. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92227277; Kamihira S; Blood Transfusion Service, Nagasaki University Hospital, School; of Medicine.
Sensitive detection of viral antigens with a new method, laser magnet immunoassay.: Microbiol Immunol. 1991;35(9):717-27. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92227750; Mizutani H; Suzuki M; Mizutani H; Fujiwara K; Shibata S; Arishima K; Hoshino M; Ushijima H; Honma H; Kitamura T; Department of Virology, Kanto-Teishin Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.; A new method, laser magnet immunoassay (LMIA), has been developed for sensitive detection of viral antigens. Target viruses captured on microbeads were made to react with antibodies labeled with magnetite particles. In a magnetic field, magnetically labeled antigens dispersed in water were attracted to and concentrate
[AIDS in the world (news)]: Minerva Cardioangiol. 1991 Nov;39(11):448. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228211; Di Nola F
[AIDS in transplant patients (news)]: Minerva Cardioangiol. 1991 Nov;39(11):449-50. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228212; Di Nola F
Helping A.I.D.S. patients eat.: Nursing. 1991 Jul;21(7):74. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228300
[Joint challenge (editorial)]: Sygeplejersken. 1991 Nov 27;91(48):3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229696
[Modern serologic diagnosis of HIV 1 and HIV 2 infection]: Verh Dtsch Ges Inn Med. 1991;97:375-81. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92230344; Mertens T; Institut fur Virologie, Universitat Koln.
[Managing HIV infected patients in general practice]: Verh Dtsch Ges Inn Med. 1991;97:381-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92230345; Knechten H; Habets L; Knickmann M; Wolters D; Hamato-onkologische Praxis, Aachen.
[Danger to medical personnel of HIV]: Verh Dtsch Ges Inn Med. 1991;97:391-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92230347; Gurtler LG; Max von Pettenkofer-Institut, Universitat Munchen.
[Prospects for vaccine development against HIV infection]: Verh Dtsch Ges Inn Med. 1991;97:394-402. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92230348; Kurth R; Binninger D; Ennen J; Denner J; Hartung S; Norley S; Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen.
The role of milk-derived antimicrobial lipids as antiviral and antibacterial agents.: Adv Exp Med Biol. 1991;310:159-65. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92230491; Isaacs CE; Thormar H; Department of Developmental Biochemistry, Institute for Basic; Research, Staten Island, NY 10314.
Human milk and HIV infection: epidemiologic and laboratory data.: Adv Exp Med Biol. 1991;310:271-80. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92230509; Davis MK
Characterization of a human milk factor that inhibits binding of HIV GP120 to its CD4 receptor.: Adv Exp Med Biol. 1991;310:281-91. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92230510; Newburg DS; Yolken RH; Biochemistry, E.K. Shriver Center, Waltham, MA 02254.
IgA nephropathy in HIV infection [letter; comment]: Am J Nephrol. 1991;11(5):439. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92230694; Mery JP; Kenouch S
The misuse of predictive value--or why you must consider the odds.: Ann Ist Super Sanita. 1991;27(3):395-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92231252; Gambino R; Columbia University, New York, NY.; The predictive value of a test is often misinterpreted because it is presented as a percent. It is intuitive to assume that low percentages (70% or less) are bad and high percentages are good. A positive predictive value of 20%, for example, was cited as proof that a test should not be used even though the positive li
HBV and HIV serological markers: the National External Quality Assessment Scheme in France.: Ann Ist Super Sanita. 1991;27(3):511-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92231268; Goguel AF; Universite Paris V, Hopital Ambroise Pare, Boulogne, France.; Participation in external quality assessment (EQA) has been mandatory in France as from 1978. The Ministry of Health has responsibility for maintenance of a list of laboratories and contracts EQA schemes to be organised and supervised by scientific groups. Serological markers for v
Cloning and expression of an HIV-1 specific single-chain Fv region fused to Escherichia coli alkaline phosphatase.: Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1991 Dec 27;646:106-14. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92231394; Kohl J; Ruker F; Himmler G; Razazzi E; Katinger H; Institut fur Angewandte Mikrobiologie, Universitat fur; Bodenkultur, Nussdorfer Lande 11, Vienna, Austria.; We have constructed a single-chain Fv fragment representing the variable domain of the human monoclonal antibody 3D6, binding specifically to HIV-1 gp41. This gene was fused to the coding region of E. coli alkaline phosphatase (EcPhoA) and expressed in E. coli. The EcPhoA signal peptide was used to direct the recombin
Expression of a human monoclonal anti-HIV-1 antibody in CHO cells.: Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1991 Dec 27;646:212-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92231404; Ruker F; Ebert V; Kohl J; Steindl F; Riegler H; Katinger H; Institut fur Angewandte Mikrobiologie, Universitat fur; Bodenkultur, Vienna, Austria.; The cDNA coding for the light and heavy chains, respectively, of the human monoclonal antibody 3D6 (IgG1, kappa), which binds specifically to human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) gp41, was inserted into three different mammalian expression vectors and transfected into Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. Transcription
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