AIDS and Hepatitis News from ICAAC Conference: Phone Overview, Web Reports.

A one-hour review of the most important AIDS and hepatitis news at the 41st Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC, Chicago, December 16-19) is available without charge through a toll-free phone number. You can hear a recording of a one-hour teleconference with leading experts, which took place in the evening of December 18.

To hear the recording, call 800-428-6051; when asked to enter a code, it is 212440. No registration is required.

This teleconference was organized by HIVandHepatitis.com, with unrestricted educational grants from Roche Laboratories, Inc., and Bristol-Myers Squibb Corporation.

Web Reports

Original written reports are being posted on several Web sites, including:

http://www.thebody.com

http://hiv.medscape.com/ (one-time registration required, but it's quick and free)

http://www.hivandhepatitis.com

http://www.natap.org

Also, you can find the official site through www.icaac.org -- select "Annual ICAAC", then select "Program and Abstracts online" for the 41st ICAAC (the 2001 conference). You will need to give your email address and choose a password to use this site. There is plenty of AIDS-related information; for example, a search for 'HIV' in the abstract text returns almost 200 abstracts. You might need to create an "itinerary" to view the abstracts; if so, the software can be confusing.