Conference Summaries: Day One<BR> Monday, February 5, 2001

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Conference Summaries: Day One
Monday, February 5, 2001

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Viral Reservoirs and Ongoing Virus Replication in Patients on HAART: Implications for Clinical Management (Session 3)
Coverage by Calvin Cohen, M.D.
- Viral Reservoirs and Ongoing Virus Replication in Patients on HAART: Implications for Clinical Management (State-of-the-Art Lecture L5)
NeuroAIDS (Session 4)
Coverage by Brian Boyle, M.D.
- Cerebrospinal Fluid HIV-1 RNA Levels Peak During Primary HIV-1 Infection (Slide Session 3)
Antiretroviral Chemotherapy I (Session 5)
Coverage by Calvin Cohen, M.D.
Coverage by Andrew T. Pavia, M.D.
- AI424-007: 48-Week Safety and Efficacy Results from a Phase II Study of a Once-Daily HIV-1 Protease Inhibitor (PI), BMS-232632 (Slide Session 15)
Co-Pathogens and Opportunistic Infections (Session 9)
Coverage by Andrew T. Pavia, M.D.
- HCV Co-infection and Summary Session (State-of-the-Art Lecture)
Immunology: Miscellaneous (Session 12)
Coverage by Benjamin Young, M.D.
- "Resistance Factors" in Highly Exposed Persistently Seronegative (HEPS) Women Married to HIV-Infected Men in Chiang Mai, Thailand (Poster 51)
- Genetic, Virological, and Immunological Characterization of a Cohort of Long-Term Monogamous HIV-Discordant Couples (Poster 52)
Coverage by Pablo Tebas, M.D.
- Genetic, Virological, and Immunological Characterization of a Cohort of Long-Term Monogamous HIV-Discordant Couples (Poster 52)
- Reduced Activation and Apoptosis of Peripheral CD3+/CD4+ T Cells Persists After Viral Rebound in AIDS Patients Treated with Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) (Poster 56)
CD4 and CD8 T-Cell Responses (Session 19)
Coverage by Paul E. Sax, M.D.
- Thalidomide Can Boost HIV- and CMV-Specific CD8 T Cell Responses (Poster 173)
Factors Associated with Disease Progression (Session 24)
Coverage by Judith Feinberg, M.D.
- The Effects of Hard Drug Use on Virological and Immunological Parameters of HIV-Infected Women (Poster 204)
Coverage by Andrew T. Pavia, M.D.
- The Impact of Pregnancy and Menopause on CD4 Counts in HIV-Infected Women (Poster 205)
Risky Behaviors/Detection of Infection (Session 25)
Coverage by Richard Alan Elion, M.D.
- High HIV and Risk Behavior Prevalence among 23- to 29-Year-Old Men Who Have Sex with Men in Six U.S. Cities (Poster 211)
Coverage by Judith Feinberg, M.D.
- Early Detection of HIV: The HEDS UP Study (Poster 219)
Transmission (Session 26)
Coverage by Judith Feinberg, M.D.
- How Common Is Secondary Transmission of HIV in the U.S.? (Poster 220)
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (Session 27)
Coverage by Judith Feinberg, M.D.
- Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) for Sexual Exposure to HIV Does Not Lead to Increases in High Risk Behavior: The San Francisco PEP Project (Poster 224)
Diagnostics (Session 28)
Coverage by Pablo Tebas, M.D.
- Routinely Recommending HIV Testing at a Large Urgent Care Center (UCC): Assessing an "Opt-Out" Strategy with Standard Versus Rapid HIV Testing (Poster 234)
Coverage by Benjamin Young, M.D.
- Determination of a Clinically Relevant Phenotypic Resistance "Cutoff" for Abacavir Using the PhenoSense Assay (Poster 254)
Pharmacology of Antiviral Chemotherapeutic Agents (Session 29)
Coverage by Keith Henry, M.D.

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