HIV Pathogenesis & Immunology

See also: Research on HIV & the Immune System (Including Immune-Based Therapies)

Show Archived (Historical) Articles

HIV and Your Immune System (September/October 2009)
How they work and why it's important.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Immune Activation in HIV Infection (September 2007)
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In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group
Study Examines How HIV Progresses to AIDS (August 7, 2007)
Long-held theories on how HIV progresses to AIDS might be incorrect, according to a study published in the July 31 issue of the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, HealthDay News/Washington Post reports.
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Determining Risk of HIV Progression (July 2007)
A chapter from Clinical Manual for Management of the HIV-Infected Adult.
From AIDS Education & Training Centers National Resource Center
Notes From the NIAID Workshop on Immune Activation and HIV Pathogenesis (May 18, 2007)
From Treatment Action Group
Researchers Identify Possible Trigger Mechanism for HIV Latency (December 26, 2006)
In PLoS Biology
Susceptibility of Human Testis to Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Infection in Situ and in Vitro (December 2006)
In American Journal of Pathology
Understanding Cancer Series: The Immune System (September 1, 2006)
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From National Cancer Institute
European Scientists Reveal 3-D Structure of HIV (January 25, 2006)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
HIV Transmission Highest During Acute Infection and End-Stage Disease (January 2006)
Part of David Wohl, M.D.'s review of the top 10 HIV research reports of 2005.
In HIV JournalView, from The Body PRO
Immunopathogenesis of HIV Infection (January 2006)
A clinical overview from an online textbook of HIV disease from the University of California San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital.
From HIV InSite
CX3CR1 Coreceptor Variation May Explain HIV Nonprogressors (December 5, 2005)
From aidsmap.com
CD4 Lymphocyte Percentage Predicts Disease Progression in HIV-Infected Patients Initiating Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy With CD4 Lymphocyte Counts >350 Lymphocytes/mm³ (October 2005)
Abstract of a study in the Sept. 15, 2005 issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases.
In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
Researchers Examine Characteristics of HIV Nonprogressors (September 7, 2005)
A new French study is unable to provide any hard-and-fast answers, but does shed some new light on the subject.
From aidsmap.com
Multiple HCV Genotype Infection Speeds HIV Progression (January 2005)
In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
Effector HIV-Specific Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Activity in Long-Term Nonprogressors: Associations With Viral Replication and Progression (December 2003)
In Journal of Medical Virology
Growth, Survival and Viral Load in Symptomatic Childhood Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection (December 2003)
In The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Three Dimensional Model of HIV (December 2003)
From Physician's Research Network
HIV-1 Env-Chemokine Receptor Interactions in Primary Human Macrophages: Entry and Beyond (Spring 2003)
Part of Research Initiative/Treatment Action!'s coverage of the Second Basic Science Workshop.
In Research Initiative/Treatment Action!, from The Center for AIDS
Interferon-Producing Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells and the Pathogenesis of AIDS (Spring 2003)
Part of Research Initiative/Treatment Action!'s coverage of the Second Basic Science Workshop.
In Research Initiative/Treatment Action!, from The Center for AIDS
HIV Captured on Film in Earliest Stages (December 30, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention