Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Human immunodeficiency virus
Stylized rendering of a cross section of the human immunodeficiency virus
Virus classification
Group: Group VI (ssRNA-RT) Family: Retroviridae Genus: Lentivirus
Species
Human immunodeficiency virus 1 Human immunodeficiency virus 2

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Template:HIV

Historical perspective

See AIDS origin

Early history

See History of known cases and spread for early cases of HIV / AIDS

Virology

Structure and genome | Tropism | Replication cycle | Genetic variability

The clinical course of infection

For more details on this topic, see AIDS Diagnosis, AIDS Symptoms and Complications and WHO Disease Staging System for HIV Infection and Disease

Diagnosis

HIV tests

Treatment

HIV treatment

Related Chapters

• AIDS
• HIV disease
• 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
  • 2006 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic by UNAIDS
• PlusNews, The United Nations HIV and AIDS news service
• History of AIDS research at the NIH
• Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders HIV/AIDS Pages
• 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

• Be the Generation - Information on HIV Vaccine Clinical Research in 20 American Cities
• Media Campaign: HIV leads to AIDS
• FightAIDS@Home
• HIV-AIDS-Counseling-Online.com

Articles

• The Mechanism of HIV-1 Core Assembly: Insights from Three-Dimensional Reconstructions of Authentic Virions
• Unsafe Health Care and the HIV/AIDS Pandemic 2003
• The role of dendritic cells in HIV pathogenesis
• 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.
• POZ provides information and networking opportunities for the HIV community.
• 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