Reports from the Eighth Annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections. Chicago, February 4-8, 2001.

The Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections is a research meeting created to provide a forum for basic and clinical science investigators to present, discuss, and critique developments in the field of human retrovirology and related opportunistic complications. The subjects highlighted are: virology, immunology, vaccines, pathogenesis, disease mechanisms in humans and animal models, primary/acute infection, host-virus interactions, antiretroviral therapy (preclinical, clinical, and complications), clinical pharmacology, opportunistic infections, epidemiology and infection control, microbicides, pediatric/maternal-fetal/women's health, and diagnostics. Following are digests of major reports from the conference, as compiled by the National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).