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27. Poster Session
Susceptibility of HIV/SIV Infection

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143 A Novel Polymorphism in the 5-Untranslated Region (5UTR) of CD28 Gene Is Associated with Susceptibility to HIV-1 Infection
A. Soriano*1, C. Martinez1, M. Plana1, F. García1, J. I. Aróstegui1, E. Palou1, F. Lozano1, M. Leujeune1, J. M. Miró1, J. del Romero2, C. Rodriguez2, A. Barrasa2, J. I. Lorenzo3, J. M. Gatell1, and T. Gallart1
1Hosp. Clin., Barcelona, Spain; 2Centro Médico Sandoval, Madrid, Spain; and 3Hosp. La Fe, Valencia, Spain
144 SIV Clearance from an Infected Macaque: Role of Host Immunity and Post-Entry Cellular Factor
S. Than1, S. O'Neil2, R. Voltan3, B. Peng3, J. T. Safrit4, R. Woodward1, P. D. Markham1, Y. Edghill-Smith3, and M. Robert-Guroff*3
1Advanced BioScience Labs, Inc., Kensington, MD, USA; 2Yerkes Regional Primate Res. Ctr., Atlanta, GA, USA; 3NCI, Bethesda, MD, USA; and 4Emory Univ. Sch. of Med., Atlanta, GA
145 In Vitro Analysis of Early DNA Products of Reverse Transcription Implicates a Cellular Factor in Macaque Resistance to SIV
R. Voltan*, B. Peng, and M. Robert-Guroff
NIH, NCI, Bethesda, MD, USA
146 The Genetics of Susceptibility to HIV/AIDS: Does Africa Differ?
V. Hayes*1, D. Petersen1, T. Cashmore1, T. Scriba1, H. Donninger1, M. Zeier1, E. Vardas2, A. Grimwood3, and E. Janse van Rensburg1
1Univ. of Stellenbosch, South Africa; 2Univ. of Witwatersrand, South Africa; and 3Chapel Street Community Hlth. Clin., Woodstock, South Africa
147 Reduced Cell Susceptibility to HIV-1 Infection in Vietnamese Exposed Uninfected Intravenous Drug-Users
T. X. Lien1, L. T. Tram1, N. V. Ngai2, A. David3, P. Versmisse3, D. Perez-Bercoff3, J.-Y. Follézou4, I. Theodorou5, D. Scott-Algara3, F. Barré-Sinoussi*3, and G. Pancino3
1Inst. Pasteur and 2Hosp. Binh-Trieu, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 3Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France; 4Hosp. Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France; and 5Hosp. Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
148 Helminthic Infections Have a Major Impact on Pathogenesis of AIDS and Success of HIV Vaccines
Z. Bentwich*, A. Kalinkovich, G. Borkow, M. Stein, L. Quibin, and Z. Weisman
Hebrew Univ.-Hadassah Med. Sch., Rehovot, Israel
149 Impact of Acute Vivax Malaria on the Immune System of HIV-Positive Subjects
X.-P. Chen*, B.-Q. Xiao, W.-J. Shi, H.-F. Xu, K. Gao, J.-L. Rao, and Z.-B. Zhang
Municipal Hlth. and Anti-Epidemic Station of Guangzhou, Guangzhou, China