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Science

Top 10 HIV/AIDS Papers

Clinical Trials

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Drugs

AZT

• Adherence
• Animal Experiment Warnings
• Approval
• Blood and Bone Marrow
• Cancer
• Harmful Side Effects, General
• Ineffectiveness
• Mitochondria
• Mothers and Children
• Muscle Disorders
• Risk of Sickness and Death

HAART

• Adherence
• Other Adverse Effects
• Auxiliary Therapy
• Blood Disorders (Anemia etc.)
• Bone Disease
• Cancer
• Drug company disclaimers
• Heart Disease
• Ineffectiveness
• Immune Restitution Disease (IRD) or Immune Restoration Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS)
• Kidney Damage (Nephrotoxicity)
• Liver Damage
• HAART for a Life Time (not a Good Time)?
• Metabolic Disorders
• Mitochondria
• Muscle Damage
• Neurological and Brain Damage
• Nevirapine
• Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NNRTI)
• Nucleoside Analogs ('nukes')
• Non-HIV Benefits of HAART
• Health Without Toxic Therapies
• Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP)
• Mothers & Children
• Protease Inhibitors
• Resistance to Therapy
• Rashes and Other Skin Problems
• Usage Trends

Recreational Drugs

• Cocaine
• General
• Intravenous (IV)
• Mothers
• Needle Exchange Programs (NEP)
• Nitrite Inhalants ('Poppers')

Progression from HIV to AIDS

• Absence of Progression in LTNPs (Long Term Non-Progressors)
• Progression to AIDS and CD4 counts
• AIDS 'Progression' Among Children
• Co-Factors in Progression to AIDS
• The Influence of Genetics on Progression to AIDS
• Progression Among Hemophiliacs
• Primary HIV Infection Illness
• How Long from HIV to AIDS?

Tests – HIV, CD4, Viral Load, etc.

• Algorithms – Sequences of Tests
• Antibody Tests (ELISA, Western Blot)
• Antigen Tests (p24)
• CD4/CD8 Immune Cell Counts
• Consequences of HIV testing
• Culturing
• Disclaimers from Manufacturers
• Discordance between HIV Tests
• Electron Micrograph Evidence: The Ultimate Test
• False Positives
• Mandatory Testing
• Negative HIV Tests with AIDS
• HIV Tests in Children
• HIV Tests on Postmortem Specimens
• Positive Predictive Value (PPV) of Tests
• Rapid HIV Tests
• Seroreversion (from HIV-positive to HIV-negative)
• Surrogate Markers
• Validation: Search for the Gold Standard
• Viral Load (PCR; Polymerase Chain Reaction)
• Western Blot Test
• Window Period

Transmission

• Africa
• Blood Transfusions or Transplantation
• Breastfeeding
• Circumcision
• Gay Men
• Hemophiliacs
• Heterosexual
• Medical Injections
• Microbicides
• Non-Infectious
• Occupational
• Perinatal
• Prevention
• Prostitutes
• Recreational Drug Use
• Resistance