The Internet has become the single largest source
of mass medium which provides access to all kinds
of resources across the globe, at once instantly and
inexpensively online. It is growing at a scorching pace
with the availability of information. It is thus becoming
impossible to browse and evaluate completely all the
web sites in one single area, leave alone the quality
of information retrieved in terms of accuracy,
relevance and its being up-to-date. There has been a
phenomenal increase in the number of Internet users
since last few years. Specifically, an estimated 817.45
million people are using the Internet globally 1.
Worldwide, Internet usage growth during the past five
years, 2000- 2005, has recorded a phenomenal growth
of  126.4%  with a penetration in 12.7% population.
In Asia, Internet usage growth is 133.4% with a
penetration in 7.4% population .  Among the top 10
languages used  in the web, English tops the tally with
283.36 million users ( 34.7%)   followed by Chinese
(13.8%) , Japanese (8.3%),  Spanish 96.8% ), and
German (6.5%)1 .
New information being created, generated
continuously all the time  is just  phenomenal. It is
stored in four physical media  viz., print , film ,
magnetic and optical and seen or heard in four
information flows through electronic channels –
telephone, radio and TV, and the Internet. The  total
volume of new information flows on the Internet is
stupendous.  It is estimated to be    532,897 terabytes
( 1 terabyte = 1012 bytes)  during 2002,  of which 167
terabytes were on the surface web and 91,850
terabytes on deep web2 .
The net result of this phenomenal information flow
vis-a-vis usage  makes  Internet as an  important
source of information in almost all fields / areas/
disciplines including medicine and the health
sciences3-5. The proliferation of medical research/
health care web sites has been significant during the
last decade from various sources including
professional organizations, government agencies, non
government organizations, publishers, health libraries
etc. The Internet and more  particularly the world
wide web (www) has a great potential to provide
information for medical researchers in diverse areas
including full text scholarly journals6-11 !
With this backdrop, attempts have been made to
focus on the resources, especially in HIV/AIDS
information on the web. These efforts, essentially
aimed at raising awareness of the types of resources
available, also give an idea of how Internet resources
can be used to support teaching, clinical practice  or
research. However, the greatest threats to the use of
the Internet will be expensive telecommunications,
intellectual property rights and data protection
regulation12  .
The present compilation is one more addition to
these efforts, which is essentially based, among others,
on the hits obtained with PubMed (http://
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi )13, Google
Scholar (http://scholar.google.com/ )14, Scirus– for
scientific information only  (http://www.scirus.com/
srsapp/)15  etc., and is also collected from various
published sources16-18. Hopefully , this write-up may
help one select a list of some important sites
(accessibility verified during March 16-18, 2005)
(Table). We are conscious that  the  selection of these
sites on HIV / AIDS has not been based on any
guidelines or criteria but purely on the basis of our
experience in the field of biomedical communication
for over two decades. There are serious concerns of
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the reliability of information put on the web as most
of it may not be peer-evaluated. There are steps
towards authentication of information / data on the
web.  The National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA
has come out with some criteria for such evaluation 19:
(i) Who runs this site; (ii) Who pays for this site; (iii)
What is the purpose of this site; (iv) Where does the
information come from; (v) What is the basis of the
information; (vi) How is the information selected; (vii)
How current is the information ; (viii) How does the
site choose links to other sites; (ix) What information
about you does the site collect, and why; and (x) How
does the site manage interactions with visitors?
Anju Sharma & N.C. Jain
Table. Searching the Internet
BASIC SCIENCES
AIDS Pathology http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/AIDS/AIDS.html#10
Bioresearch U.K.  http://bioresearch.ac.uk/browse/mesh/D006678.html
Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms http://www.sfaf.org/treatment/glossary/
HIV Medicine: Free Medical Textbook http://www.hivmedicine.com/
HIV Molecular Immunology Database (Los Alamos Laboratories) http://hiv-web.lanl.gov/content/immunology/index.html
HIV Resistance Database (Los Alamos Laboratories) http://resdb.lanl.gov/Resist_DB/default.htm
HIV ResistanceWeb.com (Free registration required) http://www.hivresistanceweb.com/
HIV Resistance Response Database Initiative http://www.hivrdi.org/
HIV Sequence Database (Los Alamos Laboratories) main page http://hiv-web.lanl.gov/content/hiv-db/mainpage.html
Microbiology and Immunology Online (University of South Carolina School of Medicine) http://www.med.sc.edu:85/book/welcome.htm
NOVA Online - Surviving AIDS http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/aids/
CHILDREN, YOUTH AND AIDS
AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth and Families http://www.aids-alliance.org/
AIDS Orphans and Advocacy http://www.afxb.org/en/index.php?link=aids
Camp Heartland http://www.campheartland.org/
TeenAIDS.org http://www.teenaids.org/
Teens Teach Kids about HIV! http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/hotindex.html
whatudo: facts, options, and action http://www.whatudo.org/
Women, Children and HIV: Resources for Prevention and Treatment http://www.womenchildrenhiv.org/
WHO. Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding, Geneva, 2003
http://www.who.int/child-adolescent-health
Young People and AIDS from The Body http://www.thebody.com/whatis/children.html
YouthHIV.org http://www.youthhiv.org/
WOMEN AND AIDS
Center for AIDS Services of Montreal (Women) http://netrover.com/~casm/
Project Inform Women and HIV-AIDS http://www.projinf.org/pub/ww_index.html
The Well Project http://www.thewellproject.com/
What are Women Who Have Sex With Women’s HIV Prevention Needs? http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/wsw.html
What are Women’s HIV Prevention Needs? http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/womenrev.html
Wise Words http://www.projinf.org/pub/ww_index.html
Women & with HIV http://www.hivpositive.com/f-Women/WoChildMenu.html
Women Alive http://www.thebody.com/wa/wapage.html
Women and AIDS from The Body http://www.thebody.com/whatis/women.shtml
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Women and HIV/AIDS; Confronting the Crisis 2004 UNAIDS, UNFPA and UNIFEM.
http://www.genderandaids.org/
Women, Children and HIV: Resources for Prevention and Treatment http://www.womenchildrenhiv.org/
Women’s Interagency HIV Study http://www.statepi.jhsph.edu/wihs/index.html
Women Organized to Respond to Life Threatening Disease (WORLD) http://www.womenhiv.org/
Women’s Place - Info. On HIV and AIDS for Women
http://www/geocities.com/HotSprings/Villa/2998/
Women's Voices http://www/geocities.com/Women_Voices/
CDC - National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention. HIV/AIDS among Women.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/facts/women.htm
The International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS.
http://www/icw.org/tiki-view_articles.php
CLINICAL TRIALS
ACRIA (AIDS Community Research Initiative of America) HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials Directory
http://www.acria.org/clinical_trials/index.html
Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Group (AACTG) http://aactg.s-3.com/
AIDSinfo HIV/AIDS Information (National Institutes of Health) http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/clinical_trials
American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR) http://www.amfar.org/gl
Clinical Trial Results.org http://www.clinicalstudyresults.org/
Clinical Trials.gov http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/
Division of Acquired Immunoficiency Syndrome (DAIDS), National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National
Institutes of Health (NIH) http://www.niaid.nih.gov/research/Daids.htm
Forum for Collaborative HIV Research http://www.hivforum.org/
Health Prevention Trials Network http://www.hptn.org/
HIV Vaccine Trials Network http://www.hvtn.org/
International Antiviral Therapy Evaluation Center (IATEC) http://www.iatec.com/update.html?folder=3&page=108
Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit http://www.ctu.mrc.ac.uk/BrowseHIV.asp
Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) http://www.statepi.jhsph.edu/macs/macs.html
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center http://www.cc.nih.gov/
Office of AIDS Research http://www.nih.gov/od/oar/
Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group >http://pactg.s-3.com/
The Johns Hopkins AIDS Service: Clinical Trials http://www.hopkins-aids.edu/resources/trials/trials_toc.html
The Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health http://www.statepi.jhsph.edu/
DRUGS AND DRUG INTERACTIONS
Access Project: Patient Assistance Programs http://www.atdn.org/access/pa.html
Access to Essential Medicines http://www.accessmed-msf.org/
AIDSDRUGS Structures http://chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov/aidsdrg4.html
AIDSMEDS.com - Check My Meds Drug/Drug and Drug/Food Interactions https://www.aidsmeds.com/cmm/DrugsNewContent.asp
AIDS Treatment Data Project: The Access Project http://www.atdn.org/access/index.html
AIDS Treatment Data Project: Glossary, Drugs & Treatments http://www.atdn.org/drugloss.html
Antiviral Agents Fact File http://www.mediscover.net/hivbycat.cfm
The Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry http://www.apregistry.com/
BioSpace Clinical Development: HIV Drugs in Development http://www.biospace.com/ct/results.cfm?indication=108
Cytochrome P450 Drug Interaction Table http://medicine.iupui.edu/flockhart/
Helping Patients.org (Patient assistance programs, all manufacturers) http://www.helpingpatients.org/
HIV Drug Interactions (University of Liverpool) http://www.hiv-druginteractions.org/
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HIV Drugs Database http://www.coreynahman.com/antiHIVdrugdatabase61499.html
HIV InSite Anti-HIV Drug Database http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite.jsp?page=ar-00-00
HIV InSite: HIV Therapy - Drug Interactions http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite.jsp?page=kbr-03-02-03
HIV Medication Guide http://www.jag.on.ca/asp_bin/Main.asp
HIV Pharmacology.com http://www.hivpharmacology.com/
HIV Pharmacotherapy Network http://hiv.buffalo.edu/
Methadone and HAART Interactions http://www.harmreduction.org/issues/health/haartmeth/haartmethmain.html
Party Smarty Marty’s HIV/Recreational Drugs Interactions http://www.hafreeclinics.org/drugs/index.html
Pharmaceuticals Manufacturers Association (PhRMA) New HIV Medicines in Development for HIV/AIDS
http://www.phrma.org/newmedicines/aids/
Project Inform Drug Interactions Fact Sheet at The Body http://www.thebody.com/pinf/interact.html
RxList - The Internet Drug Index http://www.rxlist.com/
RxMed: Prescribing Information (Not HIV-specific) http://www.rxmed.com/b.main/b2.pharmaceutical/b2.prescribe.html
World Health Organization Guidelines on Drug Donations http://www.who.int/medicines/library/par/who-edm-par-1999-4/who-edm-
par-99-4.shtml
VACCINES AGAINST HIV
AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition http://www.avac.org/
AIDS Vaccine Clearinghouse http://www.aidsvaccineclearinghouse.org/
EuroVacc vaccines trials network http://www.eurovac.net/
Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization http://www.vaccinealliance.org/
HIV Vaccine Trials Database (Los Alamos Laboratories) http://hiv-web.lanl.gov/content/vaccine/html/index.html
HIV Vaccine Trial Network http://www.hvtn.org/
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative http://www.iavi.org/
South African AIDS Vaccine Initiative http://www.saavi.org.za/
US Centers for Disease Control, Vaccine Research http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/vaccine.htm
US National Institutes of Health Vaccine Research Center http://www.vrc.nih.gov/
US National Institutes of Health Vaccine Research Center http://www.niaid.nih.gov/vrc/clintrials/clinstudies.htm
World Health Organization - UNAIDS HIV Vaccines http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/vaccines/Vaccines/en/
HIV Vaccines Site, Division of AIDS, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease.
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/daids/vaccine/default/htm
HIV/AIDS – GUIDELINES
Antiretroviral Drugs for Treating Pregnant Women and Preventing HIV Infection in Infants, Guidelines on Care, Treatment and
Support for Women living with HIV/AIDS and their Children in Resource-constrained settings,
http://www.who.int/hiv/pub/mtct/guidelines/en/
AIDSinfo – HIV/AIDS Medical Practice Guidelines. http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/guidelines/
Guidelines for Performing Single-Platform Absolute CD4+ T-Cell Determinations with CD45 Gating for Persons Infected with
Human Immunodeficiency Virus http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5202a1.htm
HIV Health Education and Risk Reduction Guidelines http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/HEERG/HIV_HEERG.htm
HIV Guidelines. New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute http://www.hivguidelines.org/
HIV Clinical Resource – Clinical Guidelines  http://www.hivguidelines.org
Nutrition Counselling, Care and Support for HIV-infected Women, Guidelines on HIV-related Care, Treatment and Support for HIV-
infected Women and their Children in Resource-constrained Settings
http://www.who.int/hiv/pub/prev_care/en/nutri_eng.pdf
Revised Guidelines for HIV Counseling, Testing and referral http://www.cdc.g ov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5019a1.htm
U.S. Treatment Guidelines. http://hivinsite.Ucsf.Edu/InSite?page=md-01-01
WHO/ UNAIDS/ UNICEF Infant Feeding Guidelines http://www.unicef.org/programme/breastfeeding /feeding.htm
STATISTICS ON HIV/AIDS
AIDS in Africa.net Epidemic map http://www.aidsinafrica.net/map.php
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AVERT HIV & AIDS Statistics from around the world http://www.avert.org/statindx.htm
Centers for Disease Control, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Basic Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats.htm
EuroHIV – Surveillance du VIH/Sida en Europe http://www.eurohiv.org/reports/index_reports_eng.htm
Global compilation: US Census Bureau HIV/AIDS Surveillance Database http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/hivaidsd.html
HIV in Prisons – US Department of Justice http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/hivp00.htm
HIV/AIDS Statistics, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Fact Sheet http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/aids stat.htm
HIV/AIDS Statistics and Epidemiology links from US National Library of Medicine http://www.sis.nlm.nih.gov/HIV/HIVStatistics.ht ml
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Epidemiology http://www.unaids.org/en/resources/epidemiology.asp
Synergy Project HIV/AIDS Country Profiles (Various countries) http://www.synergyaids.org/summaries.asp
UNICEF – HIV/AIDS Statistics http://www.unicef.org/aids/index_statistics.html
World Health Organization HIV/AIDS Epidemic Update December 2002 http://www.who.int/hiv/pub/epidemiology/epi2002/en/
U.S. Census Bureau HIV/AIDS Surveillance Current Version: June 2003 http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/hivaidsn.html
World HIV & AIDS Statistics 2004 http://www.avert.org/worldstats.htm
ORGANIZATIONS
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov
International Community of Women With HIV/AIDS http://www.icw.org/
International Council of AIDS Service Organizations http://www.icaso.org/
International HIV/AIDS Alliance (support for organizations in developing countries) http://www.aidsalliance.org/
National AIDS Control Organisation NACO, India http://naco.nic.in
UNAIDS ( http://www.unaids.org) : The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS, is the main advocate for global
action on the epidemic. It leads, strengthens and supports an expanded response aimed at preventing transmission of HIV, provid ing
care and support, reducing the vulnerability of individuals and communities to HIV/AIDS, and alleviating the impact of the epid emic.
WHO (http://www.who.int) : World Health Organization is the United Nations specialized agency for health.   WHO’s objective, as set
out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health.WHO is governed by 192 Member
States.
World Bank – HIV/AIDS http://www1.worldbank.org/hiv_aids/
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Academy of HIV Medicine http://www.aahivm.org/
American Psychiatric Association AIDS Resource Center http://www.psych.org/aids/
Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (USA) http://www.anacnet.org/
Australasian Society for HIV Medicine http://www.ashm.org.au/
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM). http://www.global fundatm.org
HIV Medicine Association http://www.hivma.org/HIV/toc.htm
International AIDS Economics Network http://www.iaen.org/
International AIDS Society http://www.ias.se/
International AIDS Society - USA http://www.iasusa.org/
International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care http://www.iapac.org/
National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors http://nastad.org/
National HIV Nurse’s Association (United Kingdom) http://www.nhivna.org.uk/
Physicians Assistant AIDS Network (PAAN) http://www.paan.org/
United Foundation for AIDS, UFA, http://www.ufamiami.org
US Department of Health & Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, HIV/AIDS Bureau
http://www.hab.hrsa.gov/
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
AIDS , AIDSonline http://www.aidsonline.com/
AIDS and Behavior www.kluweronline.com/issn/1090-7165
AIDS Care http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/09540121.html.
AIDS Clinical Review
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AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses http://www.liebertpub.com.aid.
AIDS Reviews www.aidsreviews.com
Antiviral Agents Bulletin http://www.bioinfo.com/antiviral.html
American Society of Microbiology Journals http://www.journals.asm.org/
British Medical Journal http://www.bmj.com/
Cell Press Online http://www.cell.com/
Clinical Infectious Diseases http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/CID/journal/
HIV Clinical Trials
HIV Medicine
Indian Journal of Medical Research  http://www.icmr.nic.in
Infectious Disease News Online Articles http://www.infectiousdiseasenews.com/frameset.asp?article=idncopy.asp
International Journal of STDs and AIDS:  www.rsmpress.co.uk/std.htm
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes http://www.jaids.com/
Journal of AIDS/HIV http://www.ccspublishing.com/j_aids.htm
Journal of Clinical Investigation http://www.jci.org/current.shtml
Journal of HIV Therapy
Journal of Infectious Diseases http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/JID/
Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (JIAPAC) http://www.iapac.org/home.asp?pid=77
Nature http://www.nature.com/nature/
Nature Medicine http://www.nature.com/nm/
New England Journal of Medicine Online http://www.nejm.org/content/index.asp
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences http://www.pnas.org/
Science Online http://www.sciencemag.org/
Social Science and Medicine: www.elsevier.com/locate/socscimed
Stanford University HighWire Press http://highwire.stanford.edu/
The Lancet http://www.thelancet.com/
The Lancet Infectious Diseases http://infection.thelancet.com
Topics in HIV Medicine (International AIDS Society - USA) http://www.iasusa.org/pub/index.html
NEWSLETTERS & MAGAZINES
A&U Magazine http://www.aumag.org/
AEGIS HIV Publications Library http://www.aegis.org/
AfroAIDS E-newsletter (NA): www.afroaidsinfo.org
AIDSMAP Bulletin (biweekly): www.aidsmap.com
AIDS Treatment News - Online http://www.aids.org/immunet/atn.nsf/homepage
APLA en Español - Impacto! http://www.apla.org/espanol/impacto/index.htm
BABES Talking Newsletter http://www.babesnetwork.org/BabesTalking.html
Being Alive Newsletter http://www.beingalivela.org/newsletter.html
BETA: Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS http://www.sfaf.org/beta/
Body Positive http://www.thebody.com/bp/bpix.html#magazine
Canadian Treatment Action Council Newsletter http://www.ctac.ca/english/newsletter.html
Canadian Women’s Health Network magazine http://www.cwhn.ca/network-reseau/index.html
Community Research Initiative on AIDS (CRIA) Update http://www.thebody.com/cria/criaix.html
Discovery, Newsletter of the Institute of Human Virology http://www.ihv.org/publications/
Gay Men’s Health Crisis Treatment Issues http://www.thebody.com/gmhc/gmhcix.html
HIV Treatment Bulletin, Positive Treatment News http://www.i-base.org.uk/
HIV+ - a special issue from Out Magazine http://www.aidsinfonyc.org/hivplus/
Hopkins HIV Report (Johns Hopkins University) http://www.hopkins-aids.edu/publications/report/report_toc.html
International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC) Monthly http://www.iapac.org/home.asp?pid=76
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Journal of Immunity http://www.keephopealive.org/phn.html
Living + (British Columbia PWA Society) http://www.bcpwa.org/pubs_living.php
Nadir HIV Treatment Group (Italia) http://www.nadironlus.org/
Positive Living (AIDS Project Los Angeles) http://www.thebody.com/apla/aplaix.html
Positive Living (Australian Federation of AIDS Organizations) http://www.afao.org.au/index.asp then follow links to “Publicatio ns”
and “Positive Living”
Positive Nation http://www.positivenation.co.uk/
Positively Aware (Use link from home page) http://www.tpan.com/
POZ Magazine http://www.poz.com/
The PRN (Physicians’ Research Network) Notebook http://www.prn.org/
Project Inform Perspective http://www.thebody.com/pinf/pinfix.html
RITA! (Research Initiative/Treatment Action!) newsletter http://www.centerforaids.org/rita/index.htm
STEP (Seattle Treatment Education Project) publications http://www.thebody.com/step/stepix.html
Survival News from AIDS Survival Project, Atlanta http://www.aidssurvivalproject.org/survivalnews/survnews.html
TAGline from Treatment Action Group http://www.thebody.com/tag/tagix.html#tagline
Treatment Review from AIDS Treatment Data Network http://www.atdn.org/trs/trs.html
USAID’s HIV/AIDS E-Newsletter: www.usaid.gov/pop_health/aids/Resources/index.html
What is The DIRT (on AIDS) http://www.critpath.org/aric/dirtmain.htm
Wise Words http://www.projinf.org/pub/ww_index.html
Women Alive http://www.thebody.com/wa/waix.html
Wyoming Positives for Positives Newsletter http://www.pos4pos.org/newsletter.htm
Worlld Press Review – The HIV/AIDS Catastrophe in Zimbabwe http://www.worldpress.org/Africa/1942.cfm
CONFERENCE REPORTS
AIDS 2001: International AIDS Society Conference, Buenos Aires: follow links from http://www.ias.se/
AIDS2006: International AIDS Conference, Toronto http://www.aids2006.org/
AIDS Vaccine 2001 http://www.iavi.org/reports/280/aidsvax2001.htm
Conferences - HIV/AIDS http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/hivaids.htm
European AIDS Conference http://www.eacs-conference2005.com/
HIV Presentations http://www.hivpresentation.com/
3rd IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment http://www.ias-2005.org/
International AIDS Economics of AIDS in Developing Countries symposium, Barcelona(2002)
http://www.iaen.org/files.cgi/7341_whiteside.pdf
XIII International Conference Abstracts http://www.iac2000.org/
International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection http://www.hiv6.com/
International Workshop on Clinical Pharmacology of HIV Therapy http://www.virology-education.com/index2.html
International Workshop on Adverse Drug Reactions and Lipodystrophy in HIV http://www.intmedpress.com/lipodystrophy/
Medscape http://www.medscape.com/conferencedirectory/hiv
Microbicides 2002 http://www.itg.be/micro2002/
NATAP conference reports http://www.natap.org/
Retrovirus & Opportunistic Infections Conferences http://www.retroconference.org/
Sida: Respuesta Regional: América Latina y el Caribe http://www.calsplus.com/sida/
GLOSSARIES AND DICTIONARIES
CPCRA Glossary of Medical, Statistical, and Clinical Trials Terminology https://sdmc.cpcra.org/gloss.html
Engender Health HIV and AIDS. http://www.engenderhealth.org/res/onc/hiv/glossary/
Glossary: Conditions and Symptoms (AIDS Treatment Data Network) http://www.atdn.org/oisgloss.html
Glossary: Drugs and Treatments (AIDS Treatment Data Network) http://www.atdn.org/drugloss.html
Glossarist. http://www.glossarist.com/glossaries/health-medicine-fitness/aids.asp
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HIV/AIDS Glossary (AIDS Treatment Information Service) http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/ed_resources/glossary/
HIV/AIDS Medical Glossary from Gay Men’s Health Crisis http://www.gmhc.org///health/glossary.html
HIV Vaccine Glossary http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/GLOSSARY.htm
Medical Dictionary Online http://www.online-medical-dictionary.org/
San Francisco AIDS Foundation Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms http://www.sfaf.org/treatment/glossary/
Virology Glossaries: HIV/AIDS Glossary. http://www.virology.net/ATHIVGlossary.html
LINKS TO OTHER AIDS SITES & RESOURCE GUIDES
AIDS Education Global Information Systems (AEGIS) http://www.aegis.com
AIDS Health Web Links
http://www.internet-health-directory.com/Conditions_and_Diseases_Immune_Disorders_ Immune_Deficiency_AIDS.html
AIDS Info BBS Database - Home Page http://www.aidsinfobbs.org/
AIDS Info. http://aidsinfo.nih.gov
AIDS Library (Project of Philadelphia FIGHT) http://www.aidslibrary.org/
AIDS Resource List http://www.specialweb.com/aids/
AIDS-HIV Book Store http://www.wellnessbooks.com/AIDS/
AIDS-HIV Resource Guide http://www.healingwell.com/AIDS/
AIDS.ORG. http://www.aids.org/
aidsinfonyc (New York City AIDS Organizations) http://www.aidsinfonyc.org/
BioMedNet http://bmn.com
Cells Alive http://www.cellsalive.com
Commonwealth Homepage http://www.thecommonwealth.org
Division of HIV-AIDS Prevention (DHAP) Home Page http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/dhap.htm
Food & Drug Administration HIV/AIDS Page http://www.fda.gov/oashi/aids/hiv.html
Harvard AIDS Institute http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hai/home.html
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org/hivaids/
HIV InSite http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite
HIV/AIDS - Nutrition - Net Links http://nutrition.about.com/health/fitness/nutrition/msub34.htm
HIV InSite Comprehensive, up-to-date information on HIV/AIDS Treatment, Prevention, and Policy from the University of Californi a
San Francisco School of Medicine http://hivinsite.edu/
IHAA – International HIV/AIDS Alliance http://www.aidsalliance.org/eng/_nav/nav.htm
Index of AIDS Links http://www.critpath.org/aric/pwarg/links.htm
Johns Hopkins AIDS Service http://www.hopkins-aids.edu/
Medical Matrix http://www.medmatrix.org
Medline Plus: AIDS http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/aids/html
National Minority AIDS Council http://www.nmac.org
NOAH Immune System Disorders http://www.noah-health.org/en/immune/
Other AIDS and HIV Resources http://www.unaids.org/ Click on “Links”
Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) http://www.paho.org
Population Reference Bureau (PRB) http://www.prb.org/
Seahorse http://www.seahorse.oxi.net/nu/
Todosida Portal - Revista SIDA-VIH-Hepatitis http://www.todosida.org/
UNDP-United Nations Development Prgramme. http://www.undp.org/hiv/
UNIFEM Gender and HIV/AIDS Portal http://www.genderandaids.org/
U.S. Food and Drug Administration – HIV/AIDS http://www/fda/gov/oashi/aids/hiv.html
Wisconsin AIDS/HIV Program http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/aids-hiv/
World Health Organization - HIV/AIDS http://www.who.int/health_topics/hiv_infections/en/
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ADVOCACY
Access to Essential Medicines http://www.accessmed-msf.org/
AIDS Action Council http://www.aidsaction.org/
AIDSChannel.org (United Kingdom) http://www.aidschannel.org/
AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) Working Group http://www.aidsinfonyc.org/awg/index.html
AIDS Empowerment and Treatment International http://www.aidseti.org/
AIDS/HIV Law and Policy Resource http://www.critpath.org/aidslaw/index.html#resource
AIDS in Prison Project http://www.aidsinfonyc.org/aip/index.html
AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition http://www.atac-usa.org/
AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition http://www.avac.org/
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network. http://www.aidslaw.ca/
Global Business Council on HIV/AIDS http://www.gbcaids.com/
Global Treatment Access Campaign http://www.globaltreatmentaccess.org/
Health Gap Global Access Project http://www.healthgap.org/
Human Rights Watch http:// www.hrw.org
NATAP – National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project http://www.natap.org/natapbannerflash.htm
TAG: Treatment Action Group http://www.aidsinfonyc.org/tag/
T2CANN – A Voice for Our Community http://www.tiicann.org/
UNIFEM Gender and HIV/AIDS Portalhttp://www.genderandaids.org/
SEARCH TOOLS
AEGIS database http://www.aegis.org/
HIV/AIDS Search Engine http://www.hivaidssearch.com/
Med Help International http://www.medhelp.org/
Medscape - Use the search box at http://www.medscape.com/hiv-aidshome
MetaCrawler Search Tool (searches many web databases)http://www.go2net.com/cgi-bin/swizzle?origin=/
search.html&server=www.go2net.com
National Library of Medicine databases http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/gw/Cmd
PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
Steinhauser Verlag - HIV.NET http://www.hiv.net/ Select “Literatur”
UK Medical Search Engine & Family Health Guide http://www.medic8.com
Yahoo! - Health-Diseases and Conditions-AIDS-HIV http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Diseases_and_Conditions/Aids_Hiv/
SHARMA & JAIN : SOME WEB-BASED RESOURCES FOR HIV/AIDS
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