HIV and the pathogenesis of AIDS
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
ASM Press,
c2007.
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
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| Online Access: | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10346896 |
Table of Contents:
- Discovery, structure, heterogeneity, and origins of HIV
- Features of HIV transmission
- Steps involved in HIV: cell interaction and virus entry
- Acute HIV infection and cells susceptible to HIV infection
- Intracellular control of HIV replication
- Cytopathic properties of HIV
- Viral proteins determining biologic features of HIV
- Effect of HIV on various tissues and organ systems in the host
- Innate immune responses in HIV infection
- Humoral immune responses to HIV infection
- T-lymphocyte immune responses in HIV infection
- HIV infection and development of cancer
- Overall features of HIV pathogenesis: prognosis for long-term survival
- Antiviral therapies
- Vaccine development.