| CAHR Abstracts 2002 |
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
/ ÉPIDÉMIOLOGIE ET SANTÉ PUBLIQUE
ORAL PRESENTATIONS / PRÉSENTATIONS ORALES
ANTI-RETROVIRAL THERAPY: ACCESS, RESPONSE, RESISTANCE AND QUALITY OF LIFE
[309] TREATMENT ACCESS AND HIV/AIDS DEATHS IN THE
ERA OF 'CHRONIC' INFECTION IN A SETTING THAT DELIVERS ANTIRETROVIRALS AND AIDS
CARE FREE OF CHARGE
Evan Wood, V Alfonso, JS Montaner, MW Tyndall, MT Schechter, MV O’Shaughnessy,
RS Hogg
[310] SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND RESPONSE
TO THERAPY AMONG FIRST NATIONS PARTICIPANTS IN THE BRITISH COLUMBIA HIV/AIDS
DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAM
Cari L Miller, Katherine V Heath, Keith Chan, Patricia M Spittal, Michael
V O’Shaughnessy, Julio SG Montaner, Robert S Hogg
[311] GENDER DIFFERENCES IN VIROLOGIC AND IMMUNOLOGIC
RESPONSES TO HAART (HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY)
Tonia Forte1,2, Ahmed M Bayoumi1,2, Peggy Millson1,2,
Paul Villeneuve3, Robert S Remis1, Carol Major4
1University of Toronto; 2Ontario HIV Treatment Network; 3University
of Ottawa; 4HIV Laboratory, Central Public Health Laboratory
[312] PREVALENCE AND DETERMINANTS OF PRIMARY DRUG
RESISTANCE IN CANADA
GC Jayaraman1, T Gleeson1, Canadian Strain and
Drug Resistance Surveillance Program Team2
1Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Health Canada;
2BC Centre for Disease Control, Alberta Health & Wellness, Alberta
Provincial Laboratory for Public Health, Departments of Medicine of University
of Alberta and University of Calgary, Saskatchewan Health, Manitoba Health,
Ontario Public Health Laboratory, Newfoundland Public Health and Department
of Health & Community Services, and Health Canada
[313] QUALITY OF LIFE OF HIV-INFECTED WOMEN AS
MEASURED BY THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PERSONS INFECTED
WITH HIV OR WITH AIDS (MQOL-HIV)
VP Remple, E Maan, S Steinwender, DR Burdge
Oak Tree Clinic; Children’s & Women’s Health Centre of British Columbia; University
of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
[314] EFFECT OF TREATMENT INTERRUPTIONS ON HEALTH-RELATED
QUALITY OF LIFE IN HIV POSITIVE PATIENTS
H Krentz1, MJ Gill1, HIV Economic Study Group
1Southern Alberta Clinic