Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Template:HIV
Overview
Historical perspective
Classification
Pathophysiology
Pathophysiology | Transmission
Epidemiology and Demographics
Virology
Structure and genome | Tropism | Replication cycle | Genetic variability
Risk Factors
Screening
Diagnosis
HIV tests | Signs and symptoms
Treatment
Related Chapters
- AIDS
- HIV Infection in various age group/gender : HIV infection in infants | HIV infected adolescents | HIV and pregnancy
- Co-infections : Hepatitis C with HIV coinfection | Hepatitis B with HIV coinfection | Tuberculosis and HIV coinfection | HIV and tuberculosis coinfection : drug interaction
External links
- UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS webpage
- PlusNews, The United Nations HIV and AIDS news service
- AIDSinfo - HIV/AIDS Information - Comprehensive resource for HIV/AIDS treatment and clinical trial information from the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
- HIV InSite - University of California San Francisco
- AIDS.ORG: Educating - Raising HIV Awareness - Building Community
- AIDSPortal - Latest policy, research, guidelines and case studies
- AIDS.gov Portal for all Federal domestic HIV/AIDS information and resources
- News media
- "The Age of Aids" March 30, 2006 Frontline
- Everything you wanted to know about HIV and AIDS — Provided by New Scientist.
- "The Graying of AIDS" - Older Americans living with HIV face unique challenges - TIME magazine, 08/14/06
- "Elite" HIV patients mystify doctors - Aug 16, 2006 | Reuters on Topix.net
- Online textbooks
- HIV Medicine 2006, medical textbook, 14th edition, 825 pages (free download)
- "The Molecules of HIV" information resource
- Advocacy
- Articles
- The Mechanism of HIV-1 Core Assembly: Insights from Three-Dimensional Reconstructions of Authentic Virions
- The HIV databases, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Multimedia/video
- HIV DERMATOLOGY
- How Aids Works (with animation)
- Watch an animated tutorial on the life cycle of HIV
- Video of Treatment Update 2006 from the Conference on Retrovirus'
- Other sites
- HIV/AIDS at About.com provides a comprehensive collection of HIV and AIDS information, articles, statistics, and forums.
- AIDSmeds is a place to find complete and easy-to-read information on treating HIV & AIDS.
- AEGiS.org: AIDS Education Global Information System- Patient/clinician information & Historical news and treatment database
- AIDS Community Research Initiative of America - Community-based research and education for people living with HIV
- Data about people living with HIV/AIDS in the world (regional totals and percentage of adults with AIDS that are women)- from Data360
- Resources for HIV/AIDS and Sexual and Reproductive Health Integration Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Communication Programs