Parasitic worms may help fuel AIDS epidemic: study

kavin submitted, created time 3 months 3 weeks (www.reuters.com)

People infected with parasitic worms may be much more susceptible to the AIDS virus, according to a study published on Tuesday that may help explain why HIV has hit sub-Saharan Africa particularly hard.

The study involving monkeys demonstrated how a type of parasitic worm that causes schistosomiasis, which affects 200 million people globally, may make HIV infection more likely.

Much lower amounts of the AIDS virus--seventeen times lower--were needed to cause infection in monkeys who had the parasitic worms than in the parasite-free monkeys, the researchers said

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Genetic resistance to HIV

Malaysian women urged to carry condoms

kavin submitted, created time 5 months 2 weeks (hosted.ap.org)

Malaysia's deputy health minister urged every woman in the country to carry a condom to protect against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and declared that this is not to debase them but to protect them. Women are the first ones to get exploited by their (HIV-positive) partners.

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HIV Breakthrough: Protein That Fights Immunodeficiency Identified

HIV-associated adipose redistribution syndrome (HARS): etiology and pathophysiological mechanisms

crackpot submitted, created time 1 year 4 months (www.aidsrestherapy.com)

"Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated adipose redistribution syndrome (HARS) is a fat accumulation disorder characterized by increases in visceral adipose tissue. Patients with HARS may also present with excess truncal fat and accumulation of dorsocervical fat ("buffalo hump"). The pathophysiology of HARS appears multifactorial and is not fully understood at present. Key pathophysiological influences include adipocyte dysfunction and an excessive free fatty acid release by adipocyte lipolysis

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Ancient trade-off may explain why humans get HIV

Reviver submitted, created time 1 year 4 months (www.newscientist.com)

A new study suggestsA protein that protected our human ancestors against a virus that ravaged other primates may now be responsible for our susceptibility to HIV.

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Carlow Virus, a 2002 GII.4 variant Norovirus strain from Ireland

annatto submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (www.virologyj.com)

"Little research has been done on the epidemiology or molecular biology of Norovirus strains in Ireland. In an effort to combat this discrepancy, we cloned a full length human norovirus genome as a cDNA clone (J3) which can produce full length transcripts in vitro. A polymerase mutant cDNA clone (X1), in addition to a sub genomic cDNA clone (1A) were produced for use in future work. Carlow virus (Hu/NoV/GII/Carlow/2002/ Ire) genome is 7559 nts in length, excluding the 3-end poly A tail and represents the first Norovirus strain from Ireland to be sequenced."

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Predictors of disease progression in HIV infection: a review

Reviver submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (www.aidsrestherapy.com)

"During the extended clinically latent period associated with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection the virus itself is far from latent. This phase of infection generally comes to an end with the development of symptomatic illness. Understanding the factors affecting disease progression can aid treatment commencement and therapeutic monitoring decisions. An example of this is the clear utility of CD4 count and HIV-RNA viral load for disease stage and progression assessment

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Media and education play a tremendous role in mounting AIDS awareness among married couples in Bangladesh

angelfish submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (www.aidsrestherapy.com)

"The findings of both techniques show that education, occupation, socioeconomic status, status of household food consumption, area of residence and media exposure have significant contribution in determining HIV/AIDS awareness level. It also reveals that media, particularly TV, and education play the leading role regarding this issue while the others have an indirect relationship. The odds of awareness among higher educated women and men were 4.69 and 77.73 times of no educated women and men respectively. In addition, both women and men those who regularly watch TV were 8

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