IJMR Special issue on HIV/AIDS

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IJMR Special issue on HIV/AIDS

April 2005 edition of Indian Journal of Medical Research (IJMR) is

published as a special issue on HIV/AIDS. All the articles are

available in pdf format from the IJMR web page, accessible at the

following url. http://www.icmr.nic.in/ijmr/ijmr.htm

If you find any of the following article interesting and you cannot

access it on line please feel free to contact the moderator of AIDS

INDIA e FORUM. The moderator will be glad to assist you by sending

you a copy of the article.

Joe

Moderator,

AIDS INDIA e FORUM

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Current Issue (April 2005)

EDITORIALS

IJMR Special Issue on HIV/AIDS: Editorial Overview

C. Bollinger

TRIPS, patents & HIV/AIDS drugs

K. Satyanarayana

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Detection of Enterocytozoon bieneusi (Microsporidia) by polymerase

chain reaction (PCR) using species-specific primer in stool samples

of HIV patients

S. Satheesh Kumar, S. Ananthan & A.G. Joyee

Serum neopterin levels in HIV infected patients with & without

tuberculosis

Chandra Immanuel, Lalitha Victor, K. Silambu Chelvi, C.

Padmapriyadarsini,Fathima Rehman, Sheik Iliayas & Soumya Swaminathan

Subtype & cytokine profiles of HIV infected individuals from south

India

S. Ramalingam, R. Kannangai, T.S. Vijayakumar, D. Mathai, O.C.

Abraham, S. Subramanian, P. Rupali, M.V. Jesudason & G. Sridharan

Drug resistance pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in

seropositive and seronegative HIV-TB patients in Pune, India

Mycal Pereira, Srikanth Tripathy, Vikas Inamdar, K. Ramesh,Manoj

Bhavsar, Amruta Date, Rajshekar Iyyer, Anand Acchammachary, Sanjay

Mehendale & Arun Risbud

REVIEW ARTICLES

A. Biology of HIV

Immunopathogenesis of HIV infection

Ramesh S. Paranjape

HAART & the molecular biology of AIDS dementia complex

Nitin K. Saksena & Theresa K. Smit

HIV-1 viral protein R (Vpr) & host cellular responses

Yuqi Zhao, Bukrinsky & T. Elder

Impact of genetic diversity of HIV-1 on diagnosis, antiretroviral

therapy & vaccine development

Renu B. Lal, Sekhar Chakrabarti & Chunfu Yang

Biology of the HIV Nef protein

Suman Ranjan Das & Shahid Jameel

Molecular epidemiology of HIV

A.J. Kandathil, S. Ramalingam, R. Kannangai, Shoba & G.

Sridharan

Low-cost monitoring of HIV infected individuals on higly active

antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in developing countries

Pachamuthu Balakrishnan, Suniti , Nagalingeswaran Kumarasamy

& H. Mayer

B. Epidemiology

HIV/AIDS epidemic in India: risk factors, risk behaviour &

strategies for prevention & control

Sheela Godbole & Sanjay Mehendale

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) & sexually transmitted diseases

(STDs)

Arun Risbud

C. Clinical Studies

Clinical profile of HIV in India

N. Kumarasamy, Snigdha Vallabhaneni, P. Flanigan, H.

Mayer & Suniti

Progress in diagnosis of opportunistic infections in HIV/AIDS

Uma Banerjee

Diagnosis & management of leishmania/HIV co-infection

P.K. Sinha, K. Pandey & S.K. Bhattacharya

Preventive therapy for tuberculosis in HIV infected individuals

C. Padmapriyadarsini & Soumya Swaminathan

Hepatitis B & hepatitis C in HIV-infection

Shyam Kottilil, O. & A. Polis

HIV & psychiatric disorders

Prabha S. Chandra, Geetha Desai & Sanjeev Ranjan

Neuropathology of HIV/AIDS with an overview of the Indian scene

S.K. Shankar, Anita Mahadevan, P. Satishchandra, R.Uday Kumar, T.C.

Yasha, Vani Santosh, A. Chandramuki, V. Ravi & Avindra Nath

Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV - An overview

Rashid H. Merchant, Mamatha M. Lala

Preparing for efficacy trials of vaginal microbicides in Indian women

Smita Joshi, Suniti , Mayer & Sanjay Mehendale

Application of laboratory methods for estimation of HIV-1 incidence

Bharat S. Parekh & J. McDougal

HIV testing technologies after two decades of evolution

Niel T. Constantine & Holly Zink

CD4+ T cell count as a tool to monitor HIV progression & anti-

retroviral therapy

Kovit Pattanapanyasat & Madhuri R. Thakar

HIV-TB co-infection: Epidemiology, diagnosis & management

S.K. Sharma, Alladi Mohan & Tamilarasu Kadhiravan

D. Prevention

AIDS vaccine development: Perspectives, challenges & hopes

Jean-Louis Excler

E. Social Behaviroural, Ethical Issues

HIV/AIDS epidemic in India: An economic perspective

Ajay Mahal & Bhargavi Rao

Ethical issues in HIV/AIDS research

Vasantha Muthuswamy

F. Web Watch

Some Web-based Resources for HIV/AIDS

Anju Sharma & N.C. Jain

Some Forthcoming Scientific Events

Announcement