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Programme Update

Thursday, July 02

General Information

The International AIDS Society holds its general meeting today at 12:00 noon in Room D.

The European Commission hosts a satellite meeting on market demand for vaginal microbicides today at 17:30 in the Swissair/IATA Building, Geneva I Suite.

Oral Sessions

In Session C42 at 11:00 Marie Laga will give an Overview of the STD-HIV Intervention. Maria Wawer will discuss The Rakai randomised, community-based trial of STD control for AIDS prevention. Her initial abstract will be presented by Ronald Gray. N.K. Sewankando will present the maternal and infant health aspects of the Rakai study. The order of presentations has changed.

In Session C43 at 11:00, Andrew Ball will be the discussant.

In Session D42 at 11:00, Steven Forsythe will discuss Protecting paradise: Tourism and AIDS in the Domenican Republic.

In Session C44 at 13 :00, Mauro Zaccarelli will discuss HIV infection among transsexual workers from developing countries.

In Session C 48 at 15:00, Mark Wainberg will give an overview of the possibilities for specific intervention.

In Session A44 at 15 :00, J. Cox will discuss Cross Clade cytotoxic T cell response to HIV-1 proteins among HLA disparate North Americans and Thais. J.M. Mc Nichols will discuss New HLA-A11 HIV-1 subtype E Cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CLT) epitopes indetified in studies of Thai HIV-infected female sex-workers.

In Session D 46 at 15:00, there will be no presentation on European funding for HIV in the developing world.

In Session B46 at 15 :00, Tedd Ellerbrock will discuss Comparison of the amount of HPV 16 DNA in cervicovaginal secretions of HIV-Infected and uninfected woman, using quantitative competitive-polymerase chain reaction (QC-PRC).

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