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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levy, Jay A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

HIV (Viruses).

HIV infections--Pathogenesis.

HIV infections.

HIV Infections--etiology.

HIV Infections--physiopathology.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--etiology.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--physiopathology.

HIV.

Medical Subjects:

HIV Infections--etiology.

HIV Infections--physiopathology.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--etiology.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--physiopathology.

HIV.

Physical Description:

xvii, 644 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 26 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, [2007]

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-629) and index.

ISBN:

1555813933

9781555813932

OCLC:

76967203