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HIV and the pathogenesis of AIDS / Jay A. Levy.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: STAT!Ref electronic medical libraryPublisher: Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, ©2007Edition: Third editionDescription: 1 online resource (xvii, 644 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781555815653
  • 1555815650
  • 128303395X
  • 9781283033954
  • 9786613033956
  • 6613033952
  • 9781683671671
  • 1683671678
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: HIV and the pathogenesis of AIDS.DDC classification:
  • 616.97/9207 22
LOC classification:
  • QR201.A37 L48 2007eb
NLM classification:
  • 2007 G-098
  • WC 503.3
Other classification:
  • 44.78
  • 44.45
  • Q3
Online resources:
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.
Summary: This new edition provides a state-of-the-art review of the current research, explains the history of the disease, and examines how scientists, clinicians, and public health workers have responded to the challenges presented by HIV/AIDS in the 25 years since its recognition.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.

Print version record.

This new edition provides a state-of-the-art review of the current research, explains the history of the disease, and examines how scientists, clinicians, and public health workers have responded to the challenges presented by HIV/AIDS in the 25 years since its recognition.

English.

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