Libyan families condemn pardon of Bulgarian medics

DanyC submitted, created time 1 year 3 months (www.reutershealth.com)

The families of hundreds of Libyan children infected with HIV condemned Bulgaria's "recklessness" on Wednesday for its pardoning six medical workers accused of infecting them and called on Tripoli to cut ties with Sofia.

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An ectromelia virus profilin homolog interacts with cellular tropomyosin and viral A-type inclusion protein

angelfish submitted, created time 1 year 3 months (www.virologyj.com)

"These results suggest a role for ECTV-PH in intracellular transport of viral proteins or intercellular spread of the virus. Broader implications include better understanding of the virus-host relationship and mechanisms by which cells organize and control the actin cytoskeleton."

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UN Study Challenges Assumptions On HIV Spread And Refugees in Africa

saury submitted, created time 1 year 4 months (allafrica.com)

A new study by the United Nations refugee agency disputes assumptions that violence and rape propel the HIV epidemic in conflict areas, with those forced to flee having a high prevalence of the virus.

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Dual TB, HIV treatment key to Africa AIDS battle

captainclaw submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (www.nlm.nih.gov)

TB, which is spread through close personal contact, has long been a problem in Africa, where hundreds of millions are latent carriers of the disease. But the growing relationship between TB and HIV has made treatment of both diseases more difficult in vulnerable populations.In turn, HIV helps to spread TB in the general population. One of the paradoxes of the HIV epidemic is that the anti-retroviral drugs that have saved so many lives contribute to a jump in TB because those who are co-infected are not being treated simultaneously for both diseases.

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Electron cryotomography of immature HIV-1 virions reveals the structure of the CA and SP1 Gag shells

sciencebaby submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (www.nature.com)

The major structural elements of retroviruses are contained in a single polyprotein, Gag, which in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) comprises the MA, CA, spacer peptide 1 (SP1), NC, SP2, and p6 polypeptides. In the immature HIV-1 virion, the domains of Gag are arranged radially with the N-terminal MA domain at the membrane and C-terminal NC-SP2-p6 region nearest to the center. Here, we report the three-dimensional structures of individual immature HIV-1 virions, as obtained by electron cryotomography

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