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WORLD WIDE WEB LINKS

HIV NEWS

INFORMATION AND SUMMARIES FROM CONFERENCES ON HIV/AIDS AND ANTI_MICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

HIV NEWS FROM CDC

GENERAL WWW LINKS FOR HIV AND AIDS INFORMATION

CDC HIV/AIDS REPORTS 1997,1998

PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION - AIDS SURVEILLANCE IN THE AMERICAS - QUARTERLY REPORT

TRENDS IN THE HIV AND AIDS EPIDEMIC 1998 REPORT

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT HIV/AIDS

CURRENT STATUS OF SPECIFIC ANTI_HIV DRUGS AND LINKS TO DRUG DATA SHEETS

CURRENT STATUS OF ANTI_HIV VACCINES

 

 

LECTURE NOTES

AIDS AND HIV IN THE USA

INTRODUCTION

AIDS (ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY DISEASE SYNDROME)

HIV IS A LENTIVIRUS, A CLASS OF RETROVIRUSES

HIV AND AIDS, THE DISEASE

HISTORY OF AIDS

COURSE OF THE DISEASE

ACUTE INFECTION (ACUTE RETROVIRAL SYNDROME)

STRONG CELL-MEDIATED AND HUMORAL ANTI-HIV IMMUNE DEFENSE

LATENT RESERVOIR

LOSS OF CD4+ CELLS AND ABORTION OF THE IMMUNE RESPONSE

ONSET OF AIDS

HIV LOAD BUT NOT CD4+ T CELL NUMBER IS A GOOD INDICATOR OF RAPID PROGRESSION TO AIDS

CO-FACTORS IN AIDS-THE ENIGMA OF KAPOSI'S SARCOMA

STATISTICS

AIDS CASES BY AGE

HIV SUBTYPES

LONG TERM NON-PROGRESSORS AND EXPOSED-UNINFECTED INDIVIDUALS

CO-RECEPTORS AND DISEASE

HLA ANTIGENS AND DISEASE

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS STRUCTURE

COMPONENTS OF HIV

SURFACE STRUCTURES

VIRAL MEMBRANE

INTERNAL STRUCTURES

GENOME

LIFE HISTORY OF HIV

CELLS THAT ARE INFECTED BY HIV

CD4 ANTIGEN IS THE HIV RECEPTOR

CO-RECEPTOR FOR INFECTION BY HIV

CHEMOKINE RECEPTORS

CCR5

CXCR4

FUSIN

SOME CD4-NEGATIVE CELLS CAN BE INFECTED BY HIV

ENTRY INTO CELL: PH-INDEPENDENT FUSION WITH PLASMA MEMBRANE

REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION AND INTEGRATION

FORMATION OF POLYPROTEINS AND THEIR CLEAVAGE

LATENCY OF HIV

CELLULAR LATENCY

THE GENOME OF HIV

HIV STRUCTURAL PROTEINS

HIV NON-STRUCTURAL PROTEINS

TAT

REV

NEF

VPU

p6

VIF

ESCAPE FROM LATENCY

PROGRESSIVE, INEVITABLE LOSS OF THE CD4+ HELPER T-CELLS

WHY DO CD8+ KILLER T CELLS DISAPPEAR LATE IN DISEASE?

CD8 T-CELLS ARE NOT INFECTED BY HIV

OTHER CELLS THAT ARE INFECTED BY HIV

POPULATION POLYMORPHISM AND HIV VARIANTS

STRATEGIES TO COMBAT VIRUS

TOWARDS AN ANTI-HIV VACCINE

GOALS FOR AN ANTI-HIV VACCINE

THERAPEUTIC VACCINES

PROTECTIVE VACCINES

THE STATE OF PROTECTIVE ANTI-HIV VACCINES

SUBUNIT VACCINES

WHOLE VIRUS (KILLED) VACCINES IN ANIMALS

ATTENUATED VIRUS VACCINES

WHAT IS CURRENTLY GOING ON WITH ANTI-HIV VACCINE DEVELOPMENT

DOES HIV CAUSE AIDS?

THE CURRENT STATUS OF ANTI-HIV CHEMOTHERAPY

POSSIBLE SITES FOR INTERVENTION IN THE HIV LIFE CYCLE

NUCLEOSIDE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITORS

NON NUCLEOSIDE INHIBITORS

PROTEASE INHIBITORS

OTHER ANTI-HIV DRUGS

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