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

Virology

Structure and genome | Tropism | Replication cycle | Genetic variability

Pathophysiology

Pathophysiology | Transmission

Diagnosis

HIV tests | Signs and symptoms

Treatment

Prophylaxis | HIV treatment

Related Chapters

AIDS

HIV Infection in other age group/gender : HIV infection in infants | HIV infected adolescents

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
  • 2006 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic by UNAIDS
• 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

• Media Campaign: HIV leads to AIDS
• FightAIDS@Home

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