
Models of Protection Against HIV/SIV
Models of Protection Against HIV/SIV
Description
Key Features
- Provides extensive descriptions and comparisons on the different models of protection agains HIV/AIDS
- Comprehensive writing and illustrations
- Contributors are among the most eminent specialists in the field
Readership
The primary audience for this work is HIV/AIDS physicians, researchers and policy makers in academia, industry and government, as well as, medical and graduate students looking to further their understanding of HIV/AIDS vaccine efforts
Table of Contents
Contributors
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1. Natural SIV Infection
Chapter 2. Natural SIV Infection
Chapter 3. Implications for Therapy
Introduction
Chapter 4. Are Some People Protected Against HIV Infection?
Chapter 5. The Genital Mucosa, the Front Lines in the Defense Against HIV
Chapter 6. Host Genetics and Resistance to HIV-1 Infection
Chapter 7. The Immune System and Resisting HIV Infection
Introduction
Chapter 8. Definition, Natural History and Heterogeneity of HIV Controllers
Chapter 9. Residual Viremia and Viral Reservoirs in Elite Controllers
Chapter 10. Immune Responses Associated to Viral Control
Chapter 11. Immune Mechanisms of Viral Control in HIV-2 Infection
Introduction
Chapter 12. Genetic Associations with Resistance to HIV-1 Infection, Viral Control and Protection Against Disease
Conclusions
Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 360
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2011
- Published: November 2, 2011
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780123877161
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780123877154
About the Editors
Gianfranco Pancino
Affiliations and Expertise
Guido Silvestri
Chief, Division of Microbiology and Immunology, Yerkes National Primate Research Center
Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Comparative Pathology, Emory University
Affiliations and Expertise
Keith Fowke
Affiliations and Expertise
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