Retroviruses Conference clinical news; interview with Cal Cohen, M.D. Interview by John S. James

We asked a leading AIDS physician to summarize some of the important treatment messages for physicians and patients, from the 10th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, a major scientific meeting. Part 1 of the 2-part interview looks a starting antiretroviral therapy (including tenofovir vs. d4T, and efavirenz vs. nevirapine), new protease-inhibitor information, and antiretroviral drug toxicity.