HIV and the pathogenesis of AIDS [electronic resource] / Jay A. Levy.
Publication details: Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, c2007.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xvii, 644 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), mapsISBN:- 9781555813932 (alk. paper)
- 1555813933 (alk. paper)
- 616.97/9207 22
- QR201.A37 L48 2007eb
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 443-629) and index.
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.
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