Iowa Developments, February 2007, Vol. 16, no. 2

Business news from the Iowa Department of Economic Development

Archives parlementaires de 1787 à 1860 ; 8-17, 19, 21-33. Assemblée nationale constituante. 19. Du 16 septembre 1790 au 23 octobre 1790 / impr. par ordre du Sénat et de la Chambre des députés ; sous la dir. de M. J. Mavidal,... et de M. E. Laurent,...

Collection : Les archives de la Révolution française ; 3.1

Archives parlementaires de 1787 à 1860 ; 8-17, 19, 21-33. Assemblée nationale constituante. 16. Du 31 mai 1790 au 8 juillet 1790 / impr. par ordre du Sénat et de la Chambre des députés ; sous la dir. de M. J. Mavidal,... et de M. E. Laurent,...

Collection : Les archives de la Révolution française ; 3.1

Archives parlementaires de 1787 à 1860 ; 8-17, 19, 21-33. Assemblée nationale constituante. 9. Du 16 septembre 1789 au 11 novembre 1789 / impr. par ordre du Sénat et de la Chambre des députés ; sous la dir. de M. J. Mavidal,... et de M. E. Laurent,...

Collection : Les archives de la Révolution française ; 3.1

Secure & Prepared, August 22, 2006, Vol.2, no.16

Secure & Prepared is a bi-weekly publication of the Iowa Homeland Security & Emergency Management Division for those involved in the homeland security system in the state of Iowa.

ABD e-News, March 16, 2007

Weekly Newsletter

Motor Vehicle Accident Fatalities for the Week Ending, March 16, 2007

Record of the Fatalities for Motor Vehicle Accidents in Iowa per week.

EPI Update, March 16, 2007

Weekly newsletter for Center For Acute Disease Epidemiology of Iowa Department of Public Health.

Tumor-reactive, SSX-2-specific CD8+ T cells are selectively expanded during immune responses to antigen-expressing tumors in melanoma patients.

The SSX-2 gene encodes a tumor-specific antigen expressed in neoplasms of various histological types. By analyzing a tumor-infiltrated lymph node of a melanoma patient bearing an SSX-2-expressing tumor, we have recently identified the first SSX-2-derived CD8(+) T-cell epitope, that corresponds to peptide SSX-2(41-49), and is recognized by specific CTL in an HLA-A2 restricted fashion. Here, we have used fluorescent HLA-A2/SSX-2(41-49) peptide multimeric complexes to analyze the response to SSX-2(41-49) in melanoma patients and healthy donors. Multimer(+) CD8(+) T cells were readily detected in the majority of patients bearing SSX-2-expressing tumors and, at lower proportions, in patients with nonexpressing tumors and healthy donors. Importantly, isolated A2/SSX-2(41-49) multimer(+) CD8(+) T cells exhibited a large functional heterogeneity in terms of antigen recognition and tumor reactivity. SSX-2-specific CTLs isolated from tumor-infiltrated lymph node of antigen-expressing patients as well as from the corresponding peripheral blood mononuclear cells exhibited high functional avidity of antigen recognition and efficiently recognized antigen-expressing tumors. In contrast, SSX-2-specific CTLs isolated from patients with undetectable responses in the tumor-infiltrated lymph node, as well as from healthy donors, recognized the antigen with decreased functional avidity and were not tumor reactive. Together, these data indicate that CD8(+) T-cell responses to SSX-2(41-49) frequently occur in SSX-2-expressing melanoma patients and suggest that SSX-2(41-49)-specific CTLs of high avidity and tumor reactivity are selectively expanded during immune responses to SSX-2-expressing tumors in vivo.

Clients of sex workers in Switzerland: it makes sense to counsel and propose rapid test for HIV on the street, a preliminary report.

BACKGROUND: Clients of street sex workers may be at higher risk for HIV infection than the general population. Furthermore, there is a lack of knowledge regarding HIV testing of clients of sex workers in developed countries. METHOD: This pilot study assessed the feasibility and acceptance of rapid HIV testing by the clients of street-based sex workers in Lausanne, Switzerland. For 5 evenings, clients in cars were stopped by trained field staff for face-to-face interviews focusing on sex-related HIV risk behaviors and HIV testing history. The clients were then offered a free anonymous rapid HIV test in a bus parked nearby. Rapid HIV testing and counselling were performed by experienced nurse practitioners. Clients with reactive tests were offered confirmatory testing, medical evaluation, and care in our HIV clinic. RESULT: We intercepted 144 men, 112 (77.8%) agreed to be interviewed. Among them, 50 (46.6%) had never been tested for HIV. A total of 31 (27.7%) rapid HIV tests were performed, 16 (51.6%) in clients who had not previously been tested. None were reactive. Initially, 19 (16.9%) additional clients agreed to HIV testing but later declined due to the 40-minute queue for testing. CONCLUSION: This pilot study showed that rapid HIV testing in the red light district of Lausanne was feasible, and that the clients of sex workers accepted testing at an unexpectedly high rate. This setting seems particularly appropriate for targeted HIV screening, since more than 40% of the clients had not previously been tested for HIV even though they engaged in sex-related HIV risk behaviour.

Iowa Developments, Volume 16, Number 3

Business news from the Iowa Department of Economic Development