NYC's First Rapid HIV Drug-resistant AIDS Case Prompts Call to Step Up HIV Prevention
...May 2003 -- had unprotected sex with numerous male partners in mid-October, reported feeling unwell in late October and November, and subsequently had positive ELISA and Western Blot (HIV tests) documented in mid-December. The individual then progressed to a diagnosis of highly drug-resistant AIDS by mid-Janu...A bacterial genome reveals new targets to combat infectious disease
...ion, is typical of long-term symbioses, as the two partners increasingly complement one another's biochemical activities. Slatko and colleagues enumerate a variety of pathways that have either been degraded or preserved, and highlight patterns in the genome structure through comparisons with other bacteria. ...Marburg virus disease in Angola - update
...ffice for Africa (AFRO) and from Headquarters, and partners in the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) are supporting the Ministry of Health, Angola to strengthen active surveillance and contact tracing. Médecins sans Frontières (Belgium, France, Holland and Spain) are assisting with infection...Inexpensive, mass-produced genes core of synthetic biology advances at UH
... years oftime. The system developed by Gao and her partners employs digitaltechnology similar to that used in making computer chips and therebyreduces cost and time factors drastically. Gao’s group estimates thatthe new technology will be about one hundred times more cost- andtime-efficient than current techn...A much-needed shot in the arm for HIV vaccine development
... resources, and strategic focus to the field.""The partners in the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise are committed to thethemes of cooperation, collaboration, and transparency in advancing HIVvaccine research and development," said Anthony S. Fauci. "By workingtogether, we will greatly accelerate progress toward ...Male circumcision reduces risk of HIV transmission from women to men
...osexual sex among a population withmultiple sexual partners has found that uncircumcised men have morethan twi...ted only of monogamous couples in which the female partners wereHIV-positive. However, in some areas of Africa where HIV infectionrates are highest, multiple, c...