AIDS

• Latest News
• Uganda Opens Africa's Biggest AIDS Training Center (10/20/2004, Reuters Health)
• Drug Protects Monkeys from AIDS in Experiment (10/14/2004, Reuters Health)
• New Learning Techniques Improve Global HIV/AIDS Prevention (10/12/2004, National Institute of Mental Health)
• HIV Hot Spots Persist in Rural Florida (10/06/2004, Reuters Health)
• Scientists Discover New Approaches to Manipulating AIDS Virus (08/16/2004, National Cancer Institute)
• FDA Approves Sculptra for HIV Patients (08/03/2004, Food and Drug Administration)

• From the National Institutes of Health
• Guide to NIH HIV/AIDS Information Services (National Library of Medicine) - Links to PDF File - Large file
• HIV Infection and AIDS (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
  Also available in: Spanish
• New Learning Techniques Improve Global HIV/AIDS Prevention (National Institute of Mental Health)

• Overviews
• AIDS/HIV (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Frequently Asked Questions (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - video files in American Sign Language. Requires RealPlayer plug-in.
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about HIV and AIDS (National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention)

• Diagnosis/Symptoms
• FDA Approves First Oral Fluid Based Rapid HIV Test Kit (Food and Drug Administration)
• HIV Antibody Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
• OraQuick Rapid HIV-1 Antibody Test (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• p24 Antigen Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
• Testing Yourself for HIV-1, the Virus that Causes AIDS (Food and Drug Administration)

• Treatment
• AIDS Drugs Assistance Programs (AIDS Treatment Data Network)
• Antiretroviral Drugs (AIDSinfo)
  Also available in: Spanish
• FDA Approves Two Fixed-Dose Combination Drug Products for the Treatment of HIV-1 Infection (Food and Drug Administration)
• HIV and Its Treatment: What You Should Know (AIDSinfo)
  Also available in: Spanish
• HIV/AIDS Treatment Guidelines (AIDSinfo)
• Patient Assistance Programs - HIV/AIDS Drugs (University of California, San Francisco)
• Taking Current Antiviral Drugs (New Mexico AIDS Education and Training Center) - Links to PDF File
  Also available in: Spanish
• Treatment of HIV Infection (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: HIV Infections (National Institutes of Health)
• HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials (AIDSinfo)
• HIV/AIDS Vaccine Trials (AIDSinfo)
• TrialScope (University of California, San Francisco)

• Alternative Therapy
• AIDS Research Center (Bastyr University)

• Specific Conditions
• HIV: What Is Acute HIV Syndrome? (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Testing HIV Positive – Do I Have AIDS? (AIDSinfo)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Prevention/Screening
• Can I Get HIV from Getting a Tattoo or through Body Piercing? (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Can I Get Infected with HIV from Mosquitoes? (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Drug Use and HIV (New Mexico AIDS Education and Training Center)
  Also available in: Spanish
• HIV and AIDS: Are You at Risk? (National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention)
  Also available in: Spanish
• HIV and AIDS: How to Reduce Your Risk (American Academy of Family Physicians)
  Also available in: Spanish
• HIV and Its Transmission (National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention)
  Also available in: Spanish
• How to Protect Yourself from AIDS (Food and Drug Administration)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Primary HIV Infection Associated with Oral Transmission (National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Right Way to Use a Condom (American Social Health Association)

• Disease Management
• CD4 Count (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
• Genotypic Resistance Testing (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
• HIV and Plasma Viral Load Testing (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• HIV Viral Load (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)

• Related Issues
• Alcohol Alert: Alcohol and HIV/AIDS (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
• Connection between TB and HIV (the AIDS Virus) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  Also available in: Spanish
• FDA Approves Sculptra for HIV Patients (Food and Drug Administration)
• General information Regarding HIV and Travel: Health Information for International Travel, 2003-2004 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• JAMA Patient Page: HIV Infection: The Basics (American Medical Association)
• Occupational Exposure to HIV: Advice for Health Care Workers (American Academy of Family Physicians)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Oral Polio Vaccine and HIV / AIDS (National Immunization Program)
• What Is an AIDS Clinical Trial? (AIDSinfo)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Research
• Alternating Drug Regimens to Treat HIV Infection (American College of Physicians)
• Analysis Shows Infants of Mothers Infected with HIV Face Nearly Constant Risk for HIV Infection for Duration of Breastfeeding (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• Children with HIV Have Increased Need for Treatment of Mental Health Problems (Nemours Foundation)
• Combination, Order of Anti-HIV Drugs Make a Difference in First-time Recipients (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• Discovery Lays Groundwork for Potential New Class of Anti-HIV Drugs (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• Does Marijuana Affect Viral Loads in People with HIV? (American College of Physicians)
• Evidence That HIV Causes AIDS (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• Harmless Virus Associated with Longer Life for Some HIV-Positive Men (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• HIV Infection in Minority Populations (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• HIV Patients Get Long-Term Boost with Short, Intermittent Drug Regimen (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• HIV Vaccines Explained--Making HIV Vaccines a Reality (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) - Links to PDF File
  Also available in: Spanish
• How HIV Causes AIDS (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• Molecular Fingerprint Predicts HIV-Associated Dementia (National Institutes of Health)
• New Learning Techniques Improve Global HIV/AIDS Prevention (National Institute of Mental Health)
• Relationship of Pre- and Post-Treatment Laboratory Tests with Outcomes for Women Starting Treatment for HIV Infection (American College of Physicians)
• Researchers Adapt HIV Risk Prevention Program for African-American Women (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Researchers Identify Shift Towards More Treatable AIDS-Related Lymphomas (National Cancer Institute)
• Scientists Discover HIV Medication May Preserve Bone (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
• Scientists Discover New Approaches to Manipulating AIDS Virus (National Cancer Institute)
• Scientists Find HIV-Blocking Protein in Monkeys (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Infections (STDs and STIs) and HIV/AIDS Research (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• Structure of HIV-Neutralizing Antibody Solved (National Institute of General Medical Sciences)
• Weekly Cycles of Once-Daily Anti-HIV Drugs Could Reduce Cost of HIV Treatment (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

• Dictionaries/Glossaries
• Glossary of HIV/AIDS-Related Terms (AIDSinfo)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Organizations
• AIDS Education Global Information System
• AIDS Treatment Data Network
• AIDSinfo (Dept. of Health and Human Services)
• American Social Health Association
• CDC Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention (National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention)
• National Institutes of Health, Office of AIDS Research
• NIAID Division of AIDS (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• Project Inform
  Also available in: Spanish

• Law and Policy
• Medicaid and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)

• Statistics
• AIDS Epidemic Update - December 2003 (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, World Health Organization)
• Basic HIV/AIDS Statistics (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Eliminate Disparities in HIV and AIDS (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Minority Health)
• HIV/AIDS Among African Americans Key Facts (National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention)
• HIV/AIDS Statistics (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• New Study Shows Overall Increase in HIV Diagnoses (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Percent of Adults Aged 18 Years and Over Who Had Ever Been Tested for HIV: United States, 1997 - 2002 (National Center for Health Statistics)
• Surveillance of Healthcare Personnel with HIV/AIDS, as of December 2002 (National Center for Infectious Diseases)

• Women
• HIV Infection in Women (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• HIV/AIDS among US Women: Minority and Young Women at Continuing Risk (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Women and HIV/AIDS (National Women's Health Information Center)

• Men
• What Do You Know about Men's Health? Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) and HIV/AIDS in Men (National Women's Health Information Center)

• Children
• HIV and AIDS (Nemours Foundation)

• Teenagers
• HIV and AIDS (Nemours Foundation)
• HIV Infection in Adolescents (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• How do People Get AIDS? (Nemours Foundation)

• Seniors
• Older People and HIV (New Mexico AIDS Education and Training Center)
  Also available in: Spanish