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Session 30   Oral Abstract Presentations
HCV, HGV, and Hepatic Complications in HIV-Infected Persons
Thursday 11:15 am - 12:30 pm
Ballroom B
Moderators: David Thomas Johns Hopkins Univ Sch of Med, Baltimore
11:15       155Survival in HIV-infected Liver Transplant Recipients
M. Ragni*1, S. Belle1, K. Im1, G. Neff2, M. Roland3, P. Stock3, N. Heaton4, A. Humar5, J. Fung1
1Univ of Pittsburgh, PA; 2Univ of Miami, FL; 3Univ of California at San Francisco; 4King's Coll, London, UK; and 5Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis
11:30       156GBV-C Infection Inhibits CCR5 and CXCR4 HIV Strains and Alters Chemokine and Cytokine Gene Expression in PBMC Cultures
J. Xiang, S. L. George, S. Wuenschmann, D. Klinzman, J. T. Stapleton*
Iowa City VA Med Ctr and Univ of Iowa, IA
11:45       157GB Virus C Viremia During the Natural Course of HIV-1 Infection: Viremia at Diagnosis Does Not Predict Mortality
P. Björkman*, L. Flamholc, A. Nauclér, E. Wallmark, A. Widell
Malmö Univ Hosp, Malmö, Sweden
12:00       158Morphine Enhances Hepatitis C Virus Replicon Expression
Y. Li*, T. Zhang, S. D. Douglas, W. Z. Ho
Children's Hosp of Philadelphia, Univ of Pennsylvania Sch of Med, PA
12:15       159lbPersistent GBV-C virus Type C (GBV-C) Infection is Associated with Decreased Risk of Death in HIV-seroconvertors in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS)
C. Williams*1, D. Klinzman2, T. Yamashita3, J. Xiang2, P. Polgreen2, C. Rinaldo4, C. Liu5, J. Phair6, J. Margolick7, D. Zdunek8, G. Hess8, J. Stapleton2
1Epidemiology, NIAID/NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, MD; 2Iowa City VA Med Cntr, U of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; 3Johns Hopkins, Bloomberg SPH, Baltimore, MD; 4U of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; 5UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; 6Northwestern U, Chicago, IL; 7Johns Hopkins Sch of Med, Baltimore, MD; and 8Roche Laboratories, Penzburg, Germany