RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities
November 12-15, 2000
San Juan, Puerto Rico

Scientific Presentations
Monday, November 13, 2000
Afternoon Session

HIV/AIDS and Other Infectious Diseases

Invited Speakers

PATHOGENESIS OF THRICHOMONOSIS,
THE NUMBER ONE STD, AND FUNCTIONAL
DIVERSITY OF TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS ADHESINS
John Alderete, Ph.D.
University of Texas
at San Antonio

A SMALL ANIMAL MODEL FOR STUDYING
CHRONIC AIDS AND TOI TEST NEW THERAPIES
Joseph Bryant, D.V.M.
Institute of Human Virology

Oral Presentations
(click on title for abstract)

• Diferential Mucosal and systemic Adjuvantcy of MIP-1A and MIP-1B
  Dr. James W. Lillard, Jr.,

• Evolution and Drug Resistance Patterns are Distinct Between Vaginal and Plasma HIV Compartments of Females
  Dr. Grissell Tirado

• In vitro and in vivo HIV-1 Co-receptor Expression on Plasma Macrophages
  Dr. Gisela Torres

• CCR5 Genotyping and Production of b-chemokines by peripheral blood mononuclear cells in HIV-1-infected Puerto Rican children
  Dr. Edwin Sanchez-Carrasquillo

• Cocaine Uses and CCR5 Expression: A Mechanism of increased AIDS Dementia Complex in Injecting Drug Users
  Dr. Samuel Otero Maldonado

• Delayed Development of fas-induced Apoptosis and caspase 3 activation in J1.1 cells
  Dr. James W. Lillard, Jr.

• RANTES, MIP-1a and MIP-1b activate human macrophages to kill opportunistic human parasites of AIDS patients with nitric oxide
  Dr. Maria F. Lima

• Heteroduplex Tracking Assay and Phylogenetic Analysis of V3 Region Sequences of HIV-1 Vertical Transmitted Isolates from Puerto Rico.
  Dr. M. A. Arroyo

• Mechanism of action of the anti-HIV-1 betulinic acid derivative IC9564
  Dr.Chin Ho Chen

• Unusual patient nef alleles with impaired function
  Dr. William W. Roth

• Multiple gag sequence expression on allowing the oversecretion of noninfectious SIVsm viral-like particles by a cloned cell line
  Dr. Angel L. Salaman

• Immunological characterization of gp120-encoded HIV-1 subtype B field isolates
  Dr. Janice Riley

• HIV-1 subytpes A, B, C and recombinant HIV-1 (A/G) in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC
  Dr. Vivek R. Nerurkar

• Molecular analysis of subtype B variants of HIV-1 in Barbados
  Dr. Marquita V. Gittens