What's New at the AIDS InfoNet, May 2006

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What’s New at the AIDS InfoNet: May 2006 Changes

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Here are the latest changes to the InfoNet web site at http://www.aidsinfonet.org

NOTE: All InfoNet materials are available in both English and Spanish

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Bob Munk

Coordinator, AIDS InfoNet

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A. New InfoNet Fact Sheets: (2 this month)

408/e – Salvage Therapy

B. Revised Fact Sheets (26 topics, 52 fact sheets this month)

The following fact sheets were revised (an “e” or a “/e” indicates the Spanish version):

· Updated language on drug interactions:

o 431/e Nevirapine (Viramune)

o 432/e Efavirenz (Sustiva)

o 433/e Delavirdine (Rescriptor)

o 441/e – Indinavir (Crixivan)

o 442/e – Ritonavir (Norvir)

o 443/e – Saquinavir (Invirase)

o 444/e – Nelfinavir (Viracept)

o 445/e – Amprenavir (Ziagen)

o 446/e – Lopinavir (Kaletra)

o 447/e – Atazanavir (Reyataz)

o 448/e – Fosamprenavir (Lexiva)

o 449/e – Tipranavir (Aptivus)

· 121/e – Complete Blood Count (CBC) to change reference web site to Lab Tests Online for English; Descripción Pruebas de Laboratorio for Spanish

· 402/e – Drug Names and Manufacturers, to note the Prezista name for TMC114

· 404/e – ART Guidelines, general update

· 406/e – Treatment Interruptions to note the discontinuation of the SMART study

· 412/e – ddC (Hivid) to note discontinuation of manufacture and distribution by Roche

· 416/e – Abacavir (Ziagen) to note approval of a generic version

· 440/e Protease Inhibitors in Development, note Prezista name for TMC114

· 505/e – Dementia and Nervous System Problems, minor wording changes

· 511/e – KS (Kaposi’s Sarcoma), minor wording changes

· 513/e – Molluscum, minor wording changes

· 530/e – Azithromycin (Zithromax), minor wording changes

· 532/e – Clarithromycin (Biaxin), minor wording changes

· 703/e – Chinese Acupuncture, minor wording changes

· 704/e – Chinese Herbalism, minor wording changes

· 999/e – Internet Bookmarks for AIDS - Entries verified. 3 sites were added, 3 addresses were changed, and 7 were deleted.

C. Fact Sheets Reviewed but Not Changed (2 this month)

· 708/e – Native American Traditional Healing

D. Fact sheets over one year since last revision/review, as of May 31: None

CHANGES TO THE WEB SITE LISTINGS at http://www.aidsinfonet.org/articles.php?articleID=999

WEB SITES IN SPANISH

Changed: Programa Nacional de lucha contra los RH-SIDA y ETS (Argentina) is now at http://www.msal.gov.ar/htm/site/sida/site/default.asp

1. ADVOCACY

Added: AIDS Action Europe at http://www.aidsactioneurope.org/

3. BASIC SCIENCE

Deleted: Resistance Mutation Database at http://www.mediscover.net/antiviralintro.cfm

6. CONFERENCE REPORTS

Deleted: White National Youth Conference on HIV and AIDS at http://www.napwa.org/rwnyc/

8. DRUGS AND DRUG INTERACTIONS – Drug Donations

Deleted: 1. AIDSRX at http://aidsdrugs.com/

2. Antiviral Agents Facts File at http://www.mediscover.net/hivbycat.cfm

9. EDUCATION AND PREVENTION – AIDS EDUCATION AND TRAINING CENTERS

Deleted: New Mexico HIV/AIDS Prevention Program at http://www.health.state.nm.us/hiv/index.htm

11. GOVERNMENT (UNITED STATES) AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS

Changed: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) HIV/AIDS

Services is now at http://ask.hrsa.gov/HIV.cfm

12. INTERNATIONAL (Based outside the USA)

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

Deleted: Asociación Vía Libre (Perú) at http://www.geocities.com/vialibreperu/

ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

Added: 1. AIDS in Japan at http://www.ajf.gr.jp/aidsinjapan/

2. National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS, Australia at http://www.napwa.org.au/

14. MANUFACTURERS

Changed : Hybridon (Amplivax) is now part of Idera Pharmaceuticals (Amplivax) at http://www.iderapharma.com/tech_amplivax.php

23. STATISTICS ON HIV/AIDS

Deleted: Nordic HIV/AIDS Statistics (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden) at http://www.hivnetnordic.org/stats/stats_choosecountry.html

States of the US:

Changed: 1. California: 2006 HIV Case Statistics are now at http://www.dhs.ca.gov/aids/Statistics/HIVCase2006.htm

2. Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, now at http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/dc/HIV_STDSurv/MonitortheEpi.pdf

3. Ohio: Department of Public Health at http://www.odh.ohio.gov/healthStats/disease/id1.aspx

25. TREATMENT - General Sites

Deleted: AmFAR Global Link at http://web.amfar.org/treatment/index.asp

Added: HIV/AIDS Image Library at http://www.hiv.va.gov/vahiv?page=im-00-00

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