CONFERENCE REPORTS
10th Anniversary Conference of the British HIV Association (BHIVA) Cardiff,
15–17 April 2004
- Pregnancy 2003-4 audit
- More positive children are surviving into adult life and require tailored services
- Other news from the BHIVA conference
ANTIRETROVIRALS
RESISTANCE
SIDE EFFECTS
LIPODYSTROPHY
- Phase II results show ThGRF could be safe, effective treatment for lipodystrophy, says company
- Reversibility of lipoatrophy in HIV patients 2 years after switching from a thymidine analogue to abacavir
PRIMARY INFECTION
IMMUNE BASED TREATMENT
HEPATITIS COINFECTION
- 39th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (39th EASL) 14-18 April 2004, Berlin, Germany.
- Tenofovir blocks viral replication in HBV monoinfected and in HIV-HBV coinfected patients with lamivudine resistance
- Compared to Caucasians, Africans have significantly higher rates of fibrosis and cirrhosis despite lower levels of HBV replication
- Undetectable HIV viral load in HIV-HCV coinfected patients slows liver fibrosis progression rate
OTHER NEWS
- US government stops scientists attending International AIDS Conference
- EMEA releases recommendations for better information for patients
CORRESPONDENCE
ON THE WEB
MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS
- XV International AIDS Conference
- 2nd European Advanced HIV Course
- Australasian HIV and HCV conferences