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Infectious Disease Newsletter – Focus on HIV

 
Featured Journals | Online Collection | Book Spotlight | Essential Reading
Key Conferences | Online Resources
 
Welcome to the Infectious Disease e-Newsletter, this issue, the first of two in 2011, pays particular attention to HIV. You can enjoy unrestricted access to a range of recent articles published in our Infectious Disease journals, as well as learning more about our leading publications in the field.
 
 
Featured Journals
HIV Medicine
HIV Medicine
Since the 1990s, BHIVA has been producing guidelines for the management of HIV infection, which, while primarily intended for the use of UK physicians, have international influence. You can find BHIVA guidelines published in HIV Medicine in our new Virtual Issue including the 2010 guidelines:

Antiretroviral Treatment of HIV-2 Positive Individuals and Management of co-infection with HIV-1 and hepatitis B or C virus

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American Journal of Reproductive Immunology
American Journal of Reproductive Immunology
Don't miss out on this essential Open Access special issue.

Although it has been known for years that sexual transmission is one of the most common ways of transmitting HIV infection, our knowledge of the immunology of the reproductive tract during HIV infection has been limited.

Organized and edited by leaders in the field of Mucosal Immunity, Drs. Charles Wira and Fulvia Veronese, the AJRI is proud to present one of the most comprehensive issues related to HIV infection and the reproductive tract.


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Tropical Medicine & International Health
Tropical Medicine & International Health
Read the TM&IH Virtual Issue on HIV. The journal editors have chosen 20 high profile, highly cited HIV articles to be made for everyone in 2011, including: 'The HIV-exposed, uninfected African child' and 'The effects of HIV/AIDS on rural communities in East Africa: a 20-year perspective'


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BJOG
BJOG
Find free articles focusing on HIV in the January 2011 Special Issue: Infections in Pregnancy.

Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in resource-rich and -poor settings  and


Strengthening HIV services for pregnant women: an opportunity to reduce maternal mortality rates in Southern Africa/sub-Saharan Africa

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Immunological Reviews
Immunological Reviews
Now FREE to all: Special Issue on Vaccines
Guest Editors: Daniel C. Douek and Gary J. Nabel

One of the great successes of modern medicine is the development of vaccines to prevent some of the most devastating illnesses facing populations around the world.


This volume of Immunological Reviews examines where the field of vaccinology stands today, emphasizing novel approaches based on our new basic immunologic discoveries. Including the review on HIV vaccines - Living in a house of cards: re-evaluating CD8+ T-cell immune correlates against HIV

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Online Collection
Genetic determinants of HIV-1 infection and progression to AIDS: susceptibility to HIV infection
G. Kaur, N. Mehra Tissue Antigens


HIV and SIV infection: the role of cellular restriction and immune responses in viral replication and pathogenesis
Williams KC, Burdo TH APMIS


Multiple levels of PKR inhibition during HIV-1 replication
Guerline Clerzius, Jean-François Gélinas, Anne Gatignol Reviews in Medical Virology


Common protozoans as an uncommon cause of respiratory ailments in HIV-associated immunodeficiency
Esaki Muthu Shankar, Ramachandran Vignesh, Kailapuri Gangatharan Murugavel, et al. FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology


Need for syphilis screening and counselling in HIV counselling and testing centres: A curtain raiser study from north India
Vijaya Lakshmi Nag, Nihar Ranjan Dash, Ashutosh Pathak and et al Australian Journal of Rural Health

The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Indonesia: Does primary health care as a prevention and intervention strategy work?
Kusman Ibrahim RN, Praneed Songwathana, Umaporn Boonyasopun, et al International Journal of Nursing Practice

HIV-infected patients' adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy: A phenomenological study
Ali Mohammadpour, Zohre Parsa Yekta & Ali R. Nikbakht Nasrabadi Nursing & Health Sciences

Research Article: Development of a theory-based sexual and reproductive health promotion and HIV prevention program for Chinese early adolescents
Jingfang Hong, Warunee Fongkaew, Wilawan Senaratana and et al Nursing & Health Sciences

Improved detection of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in HIV-1 seropositive individuals using cultured cellular assays.
Campion S, Cohen MS, McMichael AJ, et al. European Journal of Immunology

Selection of escape mutant by HLA-C-restricted HIV-1 Pol-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes carrying strong ability to suppress HIV-1 replication.
Honda K, Zheng N, Murakoshi H, et al. European Journal of Immunology

Frequent International Travel by Men Who Have Sex With Men Recently Diagnosed With HIV-1: Potential for Transmission of Primary HIV-1 Drug Resistance
Hong-Ha M. Truong, Timothy Kellogg, Sandra Schwarcz, et al. Journal of Travel Medicine


Online Resources
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Topley & Wilson's Microbiology and Microbial Infections

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This unique resource provides the most comprehensive reference coverage of microorganisms and associated infectious diseases currently available, featuring:
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Systems Biology and Medicine
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Book Spotlight
Infectious Diseases : A Geographic Guide
Infectious Diseases: A Geographic Guide
This concise and practical guide provides information on disease risk, concomitant infections (such as co-prevalence of HIV and malaria) and emerging infections that may be challenging to diagnose. The book is divided according to United Nations world regions and addresses geographic disease profiles, presenting symptoms, and incubation periods of infections.

For the clinician, this book is a tool to generate differential diagnoses by considering the geographical history, as well the presenting symptoms and duration of illness.

For the travel medicine specialist, this book provides information on risks of different diseases at various destinations and is particularly useful in advising and assessing long-term travellers or those visiting locations 'off the beaten path'.

For the physician from one area of the world practicing medicine in another region, this book assists by distinguishing the infections that are prevalent locally

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Antiviral Drug Strategies
Antiviral Drug Strategies
Edited by Erik de Clercq, the leading authority in antiviral drug discovery, this volume systematically surveys antiviral drug classes and their modes of action, providing critical know-how for the development of drugs against new viruses. This new title is the 50th Volume in the prestigious Methods and Principles in Medicinal Chemistry series.

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Antiviral Drugs: From Basic Discovery Through Clinical Trials
Antiviral Drugs: From Basic Discovery Through Clinical Trials
Using case studies to illustrate effective tactics and strategies in drug design, this book focuses on new approaches to combat major viral infections like HIV, hepatitis C (HCV), influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Prominent scientists from both industry and academia provide accounts of their own research successes in designing and producing antiviral drugs

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Chemokine Receptors as Drug Targets
Chemokine Receptors as Drug Targets
Written by a team of authors from academia and several large pharma companies, this first book on the topic systematically surveys drug development efforts based on chemokine signaling for HIV/AIDS, cancer, neural and autoimmune disorders.

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Essential Reading
Take a look at the latest Online Book Content in Wiley Online Library with FREE sample chapters of key titles including:

AIDS and Tuberculosis: A Deadly Liaison
AIDS and Tuberculosis: A Deadly Liaison

   
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Key Conferences
Find out more about these key conferences in Infectious Disease coming up in the first half of 2011.

17th Annual Conference of the British HIV Association
6th – 8th April
Bournemouth, UK

21st ECCMID / 27th ICC Congress
7th – 10th May
Milan, Italy

International Society of Travel Medicine
8th – 12th May
Boston, MA, USA

AIS2011
17th - 20th July
Rome, Italy
 

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