EPIDEMIOLOGY 227 - AIDS: A MAJOR PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGE

 

                                  Spring Quarter 2009, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10:00-noon

Location 71-257 CHS

 

                                                       Instructor - Roger Detels, M.D., M.S.

 

 

Teaching Assistant:  Giridhar Babu

Office location/hours:

 

Retrovirus meeting in Montreal Canada 2009 - commentary in Science

A new agenda for children affected by HIV/AIDS - Lancet

 

Proposed state budget cuts that would greatly affect the State Office of AIDS

 

Date

Topic

Lecturer

     
Wed, April 1 The Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS Roger Detels
     
  Slide Presentation (Powerpoint)  
  Slide Presentation (PDF)  
     

Readings

  Fauci AS.  The AIDS epidemic.  New Engl J Med 341(14):1046-1050, 1999.  
     
  Detels R.  The role of epidemiology in challenging the HIV/AIDS pandemic. J Epidemiol 11(2):95-102, 2001.  
     
  Abdool Karim SS, Karim QA, Detels R. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. In Oxford Textbook of Public Health: The Practice of Public Health, 5th ed, Detels R, McEwen J, Beaglehole R, Tanaka H (eds).  Oxford University Press, Oxford England, 2009 (in press).  
   
     
Fri, April 3 The Natural History of HIV Infection - Molecular, Host, Community Roger Detels
     
  Slide Presentation (Powerpoint)  
  Slide Presentation (PDF)  
     
 

Readings

 
  Barre-Sinoussi F.  HIV as the cause of AIDS.  Lancet 348:31-35, 1996.  
     
  Feinberg MB.  Changing the natural history of HIV diseaseLancet 348:239-246, 1996.  
     
  HIV lifecycle: http://www.hivinfosource.org/animation.html  
     
     
     
Wed, April 8 HIV/AIDS in Developing Countries Roger Detels
     
  Slide Presentation (Powerpoint)  
  Slide Presentation (PDF)  
     
 

Reading

 
  Ojikutu BO, Stone VE. Women, inequality, and the burden of HIV. New Engl J Med 352:649-652, 2005.  

  Lamptey P, Wilson D. Scaling up AIDS treatment: what is the potential impact and what are the risks? Public Library of Science 2(2):102-104, 2005.  
     
  Beyrer C, Stephens H. Transmission of HIV and other infections in southeast Asia. In AIDS in Asia, Lu Y and Essex M (eds). Kluwer Academic, Plenum Publishers, New York, NY, 2004, pp. 317-333.  
     
  Detels R. HIV/AIDS in Asia: Introduction. AIDS Ed Prev 16A:1-6, 2004  
     
     
Fri, April 10 The Response of the Immune System to HIV Beth Jamieson
     
  Slide Presentation (Powerpoint)  
  Slide Presentation (PDF)  
Glossary of terms
  Hopkin M. Can superantibody drugs be tamed? Nature 440:855-856, 2006  
 

Huston DP.  The biology of the immune system.  JAMA 278(22):1804-1814, 1997.

 
     
     
Wed, April 15 The Biology of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Jerome Zack
Slide Presentation (Powerpoint)
Slide Presentation (PDF)
 
 

Reading

 
 

Douek DC, Picker LJ, Koup RA.  T cell dynamics in HIV-1 infection. Annu Rev Immunol 21:265-304,2003.

 
     
Fri, April 17

Clinical Manifestations of HIV Infection:

Therapeutic Rationale and Treatment of HIV Infection

Ronald Mitsuyasu
     
Slide Presentation    Powerpoint  PDF
Supplemental information on clinical manifestations and treatment regimens (not presented in class)    Powerpoint  PDF
     
 

Reading

 
  Detels R, Muñoz A, McFarlane G, Kingsley LA, Margolick J, Giorgi J, Schrager LK, Phair JP. Effectiveness of potent antiretroviral therapy on time to AIDS and death in men with known HIV infection duration. JAMA 1998;280(17):1497-1503.  
     
     
Wed, April 22 Pathologic and Neurologic Manifestations of HIV/AIDS  
     
  Slide Presentation    Powerpoint  PDF Eric Miller 10-11
     
  Slide Presentation    Powerpoint  PDF Harry Vinters 11-noon
     
 

Readings

 
 

Anthony IC, Bell JE. The neuropathology of HIV/AIDS. Intl Rev Psychiatr 20(1):15-24, 2008.

 
  Brew BJ, Letendre SL. Biomarkers of HIV related central nervous system disease. Intl Rev Psychiatr 20(1):73-88.  
  Power C, Gill MJ, Johnson RT.  The neuropathogenesis of HIV infection: host-virus interaction and the impact of therapy.  Can J Neurol Sci 29:19-32, 2002.  
 

Hinkin CH, Castellon SA, van Gorp WG, Satz P.  Neuropsychological features of HIV disease.  In Practitioner's Guide to the Neuropsychiatry of HIV/AIDS, van Gorp WG, Buckingham SL (eds). The Guildford Press, New York, NY, 1998, Chapter 1, pp. 1-41.

 
     
 

Ellison D, Love S, Chimelli L, Harding BN, Lowe J, Vinters HV.  Neuropathology: A Reference Text of CNS Pathology, 2nd ed.  Mosby, London, England, 2004, pp. 300-318.

 
  (NOTE: If your computer cannot open the link for this, save to your hard disk and open the file through PDF)  
     
     
Fri, April 24 Vertical Transmission of HIV and Pediatric AIDS (10-11 am) Yvonne Bryson
  Slide Presentation       Powerpoint   PDF  
     
 

Reading

 
  Beckerman KP. Long-term findings of HIVNET 012: the next step. Lancet 362:842-843, 2003.  
     
  MIDTERM  
 
  2009 midterm with answers
  Midterm results
  Midterm scoring frequency graph
     
Wed, April 29 HIV/AIDS in the African-American Community Nina Harawa
     
  Slide Presentation    Powerpoint    PDF  
     
 

Readings

 
  Bogart LM, Thorburn S. Are HIV/AIDS conspiracy beliefs a barrier to HIV prevention among African Americans? JAIDS 38(2):213-219, 2005.  
     
  Wohl AR, Johnson DF, Lu S, Jordan W, Beall G, Currier J, Simon PA. HIV risk behaviors among African American men in Los Angeles County who self-identify as heterosexual. JAIDS 31:354-360, 2002.  
     
  African Americans and HIV/AIDS. Kaiser Family Foundation Fact Sheet, February 2005.  
     
  Wilson P. Left Behind: Black America: A Neglected Priority in the Global AIDS Epidemic. IAS Newsletter, March 2009  
     
  HIV/AIDS Amongst Black Americans. International AIDS Society Newsletter, March 2009  
     
     
Fri, May 1 HIV/AIDS in the Latino Community Octavio J. Vallejo
 
  Slide Presentation   Powerpoint   PDF  
  HIV/AIDS among Latinos in California (PDF)  
     
     
 

Reading

 
  Latino Congressional Briefing  
  HIV/AIDS among Mexican Migrants and Recent Immigrants in California and Mexico  
     
Wed, May 6 Federal and State Policy Towards HIV/AIDS (10:00-11:00) Arleen Leibowitz
     
  Slide Presentation      Powerpoint    PDF  
  Reading  
  Zuniga JM. IAPAC recommendations to the Obama Administration for the US response to the global HIV pandemic. JIAPAC 1:13-20, 2009.  
     
Fri., May 8 Qualitative Strategies Eli Lieber
 
  Slide Presentation    Powerpoint   PDF
     
  Lieber et al. Sociocultural contexts and communication about sex in China: informing HIV/STD prevention programs. AIDS Ed Prevent, in press, 2009  
     
     
Wed, May 13 Bloodborne Transmission of HIV Ross Heron, American Red Cross
     
  Slide Presentation    Powerpoint    PDF  
     
     
Fri, May 15 Surveillance Strategies Roger Detels
     
  Slide Presentation  minor updates made 14 May  Powerpoint   PDF  
     
 

Reading

 
     
  Sullivan SG, Wu Z, Detels R. Missed opportunities for testing in Asia.  
     
  Berkelman RL, Stroup DF, Buehler JW. Public health surveillance. In: Detels R, McEwen J, Beaglehole R, Tanaka H, eds. Oxford Textbook of Public Health: The Methods of Public Health, vol 2, 4th ed. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2002, pp. 759-778.  
     
  Revised Surveillance Case Definitions for HIV Infection Among Adults, Adolescents, and Children Aged <18 Months and for HIV Infection and AIDS Among Children Aged 18 Months to <13 Years --- United States, 2008. MMWR 57(RR10);1-8, 2008.  
     
Wed., May 20 Behavioural Intervention Dallas Swendeman
     
 

Reading

 
 

Rotheram-Borus MJ, Swendeman D, Flannery D, Rice E, Adamson DM, Ingram B. Common factors in effective HIV prevention programs. AIDS Behav, 2009, in press.

 
     
 

Rotheram-Borus MJ, Ingram B, Swendeman D, Flannery D. Common principles embedded in effective adolescent HIV prevention programs. AIDS Behav, 2009, in press.

 
     
 

Ingram BL, Flannery D, Elkavich A, Rotheram-Borus MJ. Common processes in evidence-based adolescent HIV prevention programs. AIDS Behav 12:374–383, 2008.

 
     
     
Fri, May 22 HIV/AIDS and Drug Use in the U.S. (10:00-11:00) Steven Shoptaw
     
  Slide Presentation   Powerpoint   PDF  
     
 

Reading

 
  Specter M. Higher risk. The New Yorker, pp 38-45; May 23, 2005.  
     
  HIV/AIDS and Drug Use in Asia (11:00-noon) Roger Detels
     
  Slide Presentation   Powerpoint  PDF  
     
 

Readings (Detels)

 
  Tran NT, Detels R, Nguyen TH, Hoang TL, Pham THN.  Drug use, sexual behaviours and practices among male drug users in Hanoi, Vietnam.  Int J Drug Policy 15(3):182-188, 2004.
     
 

Tran NT, Detels R, Long HT, Lan HP. Drug use among female sex workers in Hanoi, Vietnam. Addiction 100:619-625, 2005.

 
     
     
Wed, May 27 HIV/AIDS in the Gay Community (10:00-11:50) Lee Kozinski
     
  Slide Presentation   Powerpoint  PDF  
     
 

Reading

 
 

Wolitski RJ, Valdiserri RO, Denning PH, Levine WC. Are we headed for a resurgence of the HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men?  Am J Public Hlth 91:883-888, 2001.

 
     
     
Fri, May 29 Ethics of HIV/AIDS Roger Detels
     
  Slide Presentation    Powerpoint  PDF  
     
 

Reading

 
  The Declaration of Helsinki. October 2000.  
     
  Calman KC, Downie RS. Ethical principles and ethical issues in public health. In Oxford Textbook of Public Health: The Practice of Public Health, Detels R, McEwen J, Beaglehole R, Tanaka H (eds).  Oxford University Press, Oxford England, 2002, pp. 387-399.  
     
     
Wed., June 3 The Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) Roger Detels
    John Oishi
  Slide Presentation   Powerpoint   PDF  
     
     
Fri, June 5 Public Health Intervention Roger Detels
     
  Slide Presentation   Powerpoint  PDF  
  HIV Vaccine Glossary, NIAID, 2002  
     
 

Readings

 
UNAIDS, 2006
 
Kresge KJ. And the winner is... HIV treatment and prevention. IAVI Report 11(1):1-5, 2007
 
PEPFAR and the fight against HIV/AIDS. Lancet 369(9568):1141, 2007
     
  Mark Dybul: US Global AIDS coordinator in charge of PEPFAR. Lancet 369(9568):1161, 2007  

 

Ho DD. A shot in the arm for AIDS vaccine research. Public Library of Science 2(2):100-101, 2005.

 

 

 

 

  Coordinating Committee of the Global HIV/AIDS Vaccine Enterprise. The Global HIV/AIDS vaccine enterprise: scientific strategic plan. Public Library of Science 2(2):100-101, 2005.  
  Wu Z, Sun X, Sullivan, SG, Detels R. HIV testing in China. Science 312:475-476, 2006.  
  Treating TB, AIDS co-infection: http://www.hindu.com/seta/2009/05/21/stories/2009052150101200.htm  
  Reading: Initiation of ART  
  Wood R, Lawn SD. Should the CD4 threshold for starting ART be raised? Lancet 373:1314-16, 2009.  
  When to Start Consortium. Timing of initiation of ART in AIDS-free HIV-1-infected patients: a collaborative analysis of 18 HIV cohort studies. Lancet 373:1352-63, 2009.  
     
Tues, June 9 Final exam:  8:00-11:00 am,  71-257 CHS  
  2009 final exam key  
  Results  
  Grading curve