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The Tat Gene
A study is underway at John Hopkins
University testing a new Hoffmann-La Roche
compound. The compound. Ro 24-7429, is a tat
inhibitor; that is, its function is to retard the tat
gene of HIV.
The tat gene produces a protein vital to the
activity of HIV. If something goes wrong with the
tat, the virus is rendered inactive.
This type of antiviral is gaining popularity
among researchers because it would be effective
against chronically infected cells as well as
acutely infected cells. We'll pass on more info. as
we receive it.Partner Notification
After ten years and a whole lot of fuss, many people are
still behaving with serious irresponsibility. A new study shows that
there are still HIV-infeced people who neglect to inform their sex
partners or those with whom they have shared needles of their in-
fection.
A randomized, very thorough trial in North Carolina
worked in conjunction with the three public health departments in
that state. The trial sought to experiment with two methods of in-
forming people of their exposure to HIV: 1) 'patient referral', in
which the responsibility of informing sex partners was left up to the
patients, and 2) 'provider referral', in which a counselor obtained
information about a partner's whereabouts and then contacted the
person himself. The success of the two methods was monitored
with a series of interviews which took place both in the field and at
the health department.
Of the 534 who learned of their HIV-infection at the
health department during the period of the trial, 247 (46%) did not
retum for counseling after the test. 8 were counseled outside of
the study, and 117 (22%) were ineligible.
Of 162 invited to participate, 88 (54%) defined, and 74
(46%) agreed. The subjects tended to be male (69%), black
(87%), homosexual or bisexual (76% of the men), and they tended
to have a median age of 30. 39 were assigned to the provider re-
ferral group, 35 to the patient referral group.
In the provider group, 78 of 157 (50%) were successfuly
notified. In the patient referral group, only 10 of 153 (7%) were
notified. Of the partners notified by the counselors, 94% were un-
aware that they had been exposed to HIV. 23% of the partners
who were notified and tested were HIV positive.
So, as is quie obvious from the numbers, depending on
HIV-infected people to notify their own partners was largely inef-
fective, despite a North Carolina law requiring partner notification.
Notification by a counselor was much more successful, and the
counselors were able to help HIV-infeded people seek counseling,
medical and educational services, etc..
References:
1. Ladis, Schoenbach, Weber, Midl, Krishan, Lewis, and Koch.
'Results of a Ramdomized Trid of Parner Notification Cases of HIV-In-
ect in North Carolina'; New England Journal of Medicine, January 9,
1992, Volne 326, number 2; pp 101-6.4
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