AIDS Treatment News Issue #378, March 8, 2002
John S. James

The following sites have important information from the 9th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Seattle, February 24-28, 2002. And you may want to check back, as most of them will post additional reports in the future.

Note: if one of the links given below does not work, it may be because the site has been reorganized since this article was published. In that case you may still be able to find the information by starting at the home page of the site and looking from there. For example, in case http://www.thebody.com/confs/retro2002/retro2002.html does not work, try starting at http://www.thebody.com, look for a section on reports from conferences, then look for the 9th Retroviruses conference. Usually these reports remain online for about a year.

http://www.retroconference.org The official conference Web site.)

The most useful information on this site is:

1. Audio, video, and slides from the major plenary and symposium overview talks and panels (but not from the many technical sessions where new data were presented). There were still some computer glitches as we went to press.
   


2. Searchable abstracts of both oral and poster talks. You can search for all abstracts that contain any given word -- including an author's last name, a drug name or medical term, or the abstract number if you know it. To search the abstracts, first make sure you are at the 9th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (the site will change for next year's meeting), and select "Search Program and Abstracts."
   


3. Many of the presentations will also have posters online. The posters have much more information than the abstracts, but there is no software available to do a computer search on them. These posters are usually formatted for display in a poster hall, but it is possible to read them online.
   

http://www.thebody.com/confs/retro2002/retro2002.html The Body has many expert summaries of different research areas presented at the Retroviruses conference.

http://www.hivandhepatitis.com This site has many conference articles, along with other news reports.

http://www.medscape.com/conference/retrovirus2002 Medscape has dozens of expert reviews. (The first time you use the Medscape site you need to register, but registration is free.)

http://www.natap.org/2002/9retro/ndx9retro.htm Reports from the National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project.

http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/ A major HIV site run by the University of California San Francisco Medical Center. The Retroviruses coverage is currently at: http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite.jsp?page=cf9croi-00-00

http://www.medadvocates.org/news/main10818.html#Conf Medical Advocates, a nonprofit organization, has grouped some of the abstracts and posters by drug or other topic.

020308
ATN37803

Copyright © 2002 - AIDS Treatment News. Permission granted for noncommercial reproduction, provided that our address and phone number are included if more than short quotations are used. Subscription lists are kept confidential. AIDS Treatment News, Subscription and Editorial Office: 1233 Locust St., 5th floor Philadelphia, PA 19107 800/TREAT-1-2 toll-free email: aidsnews@critpath.org  http://www.aidsnews.org

Subscription Information: Call 800/TREAT-1-2: Businesses, Institutions, Professionals: $270/year. Includes early delivery of an extra copy by email. Nonprofit organizations: $135/year. Includes early delivery of an extra copy by email. Individuals: $120/year, or $70 for six months. Special discount for persons with financial difficulties: $54/year, or $30 for six months. If you cannot afford a subscription, please write or call. Outside North, Central, or South America, add air mail postage: $20/year, $10 for six months. Back issues available. Fax subscriptions, bulk rates, and multiple subscriptions are available; contact our office for details. Please send U.S. funds: personal check or bank draft, international postal money order, or travelers checks. VISA, Mastercard, and purchase orders also accepted. ISSN # 1052-4207

AEGiS is made possible through unrestricted grants from Boehringer Ingelheim, iMetrikus, Inc., the National Library of Medicine, and donations from users like you. Always watch for outdated information. This article first appeared in 2002. This material is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between you and your doctor.

AEGiS presents published material, reprinted with permission and neither endorses nor opposes any material. All information contained on this website, including information relating to health conditions, products, and treatments, is for informational purposes only. It is often presented in summary or aggregate form. It is not meant to be a substitute for the advice provided by your own physician or other medical professionals. Always discuss treatment options with a doctor who specializes in treating HIV.

Copyright ©1980, 2002. AEGiS. All materials appearing on AEGiS are protected by copyright as a collective work or compilation under U.S. copyright and other laws and are the property of AEGiS, or the party credited as the provider of the content. .