1998 Conference on the Laboratory Science of HIV

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Preface
by Thomas L. Hearn, Ph.D. (6.5K)

Keynote Address
by Wanda Jones, Dr. P.H. (27.5K)

Biology of HIV - moderated by Walter Dowdle, PH.D.

Plenary Session

• Laboratory Monitoring of Viral Life Cycle
  by Patricia Reichelderfer, Ph.D. (26.2K)
• Variability of HIV
  by Francine McCutchan, Ph.D. (7.6K)

Workshop Sessions - HIV Diagnostic Testing
- chaired by Robert Janssen, M.D. and Joanne Mei, PH.D.

• Serologic Techniques
  by Michael Busch, M.D., Ph.D. (28.2K)
• Rapid HIV Testing Techniques
  by Timothy Granade, M.S. (336K)
• Alternative Specimen Sources
  by J. Richard George, Ph.D. (321K)
• Advances in the Diagnosis of Acute Infections
  by Robert Grant, M.D. (21.3K)
• HIV Infection in Pediatrics
  by Paul Palumbo, M.D. (6.2K)
• HIV Testing in HIV-Vaccinated Populations
  by Thomas G. Evans, M.D. (16.1K)

Immunology of HIV - moderated by Gary Noble, M.D., M.P.H.

Plenary Session

• Immunologic Consequences of HIV Infection
  by Alan Landay, Ph.D. (7.5K)
• Chemokine Receptor Gene Structure and Function
  by Nelson L. Michael, M.D., Ph.D. (7.1K)
• Clinical Validation of Immunologic Markers
  by Donna Mildvan, M.D. (60.6K)

Workshop Sessions - HIV Disease Prognostic Indicators
- chaired by Janet nicholson, PH.D. and Richard Respess, PH.D.

• Evaluation of Single-Platform Technologies for CD4 and CD8 Cells
  by Maurice O'Gorman, Ph.D. (305K)
• Immunologic Parameters of HIV Infections
  by Michael M. Lederman, M.D. (19.3K)
• Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques and Evaluation of RNA Quantitation Assays in Subtype B Virus
  by Belinda Yen-Lieberman, Ph.D. (15.3K)
• Evaluation of RNA Quantitation Assays in Non-B Subtypes
  by Bharat S. Parekh, Ph.D. (158K)
• Evaluation of DNA Proviral Quantitation Assays
  by Robert Coombs, M.D., Ph.D. (79.7K)
• Monitoring of Antiretroviral Treatment Efficacy and Resistance
  by Rob Schuurman, Ph.D. and Robert Coombs, M.D., Ph.D. (7.3K)

Future in AIDS-Related Testing - moderated by James Curran, M.D.

Plenary Session

• Laboratory Detection/Monitoring of Opportunistic Infections in HIV-Infected Persons
  by Michael A. Saubolle, Ph.D. (39.8K)
• Global Standards of Laboratory Practice for HIV Testing
  by Elizabeth M. Dax, Ph.D. (101K)
• The Role of the Laboratory in HIV Prevention
  by Harold W. Jaffe, M.D. (248K)

Abstracts from Poster Presentations (74.6K)