Missing conferences followup: four meetings' history found.Our last issue listed major AIDS conferences that were missing--the abstracts were not available anywhere online, and neither the U.S. National Library of Medicine Noun 1. U.S. National Library of Medicine - the world's largest medical library National Library of Medicine, United States National Library of Medicine nor the organization that sponsored the conference had a printed or electronic copy. Since the article appeared the first four International AIDS Conference Education, networking and the promotion of best practice are essential to enhancing the response to HIV/AIDS. IAS conferences provide opportunities to share experience, and increase the knowledge and expertise of professionals working in HIV/AIDS. abstracts have been found, and AEGIS (http://www.aegis.org) is now working to get them online. When that work is complete, all the International AIDS Conference abstracts will be available throughout the world. (The 2004 conference in Bangkok can be searched at a different site, http://www.iasociety.org/ejias/search.asp?). The other conference abstracts we listed are still missing: * Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections Opportunistic infections Infections that cause a disease only when the host's immune system is impaired. The classic opportunistic infection never leads to disease in the normal host. , numbers 1 and 2. * International Conference on [)rug Therapies in HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. Infection (Glasgow, Scotland), numbers 1, 3, and 4. * International Workshop on Adverse Drug Reactions and Lipodystrophy in HIV, numbers 2 and 3. * International HIV Drug Resistance HIV drug resistance Antiretroviral drug resistance AIDS The resistance of a strain of HIV to an agent–eg, a reverse transcriptase inhibitor, which occurs in 5%-20% of those newly infected with HIV Workshop, numbers 1 through 10. If you know of a library or private copy of any of these (either print or electronic) that Sister Mary Elizabeth of AEGIS may be able to borrow, let her know. She will negotiate permission with the conference sponsors before releasing the information online. Call her at 940-2485843, 8 a.m. to 4 pm. weekdays Pacific time, or write to AEGIS, 32234 Paseo Adelanto, Suite B, San Juan Capistrano San Juan Capistrano (săn wän kăpĭsträ`nō), city (1990 pop. 26,183), Orange co., S Calif.; inc. 1961. San Juan Capistrano has some manufactures, including aircraft parts, medical apparatus, and boats, but the economy is , CA 92675-3622. |
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