Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

HIV and AIDS - Updates on Biology, Immunology, Epidemiology and Treatment Strategies

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Nancy Dumais
Nancy Dumais

Université de Sherbrooke

Published26 October 2011

Doi10.5772/665

ISBN978-953-307-665-2

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-6541-5

Copyright year2011

Number of pages708

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Table of Contents

Open access  chapters

3. HIV Toxins: Gp120 as an Independent Modulator of Cell Function

By Leonor Huerta and César N. Cortés Rubio

1,965
4. HIV Recombination and Pathogenesis – Biological and Epidemiological Implications

By Nitin K. Saksena, Katherine A. Lau, Dominic E. Dwyer and Bin Wang

2,577
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6. Cellular Restriction Factors: Exploiting the Body’s Antiviral Proteins to Combat HIV-1/AIDS

By Jenna N. Kelly, Jessica G.K. Tong, Clayton J. Hattlmann,Matthew W. Woods and Stephen D. Barr

1,915
2,010
8. HIV Without AIDS: The Immunological Secrets of Natural Hosts

By Zachary Ende, Michelle Bonkosky and Mirko Paiardini

2,056
9. Immunotherapies and Vaccines

By Hermancia S. Eugene and Ted M. Ross

2,079
10. HIV Envelope-Specific Antibody and Vaccine Efficacy

By Egidio Brocca-Cofano, Peng Xiao and Marjorie Robert-Guroff

2,281
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11. Role of Cytokines and Chemokines in HIV Infection

By Vishwanath Venketaraman, Devin Morris, Clare Donohou, Andrea Sipin, Steven Kung, Hyoung Oh, Mesharee Franklin, John P. Murad, Fadi T. Khasawneh, Beatrice Saviola, Timothy Guilford and Clare Donahue

5,399
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14. Emerging Roles of Prostaglandins in HIV-1 Transcription

By Nancy Dumais, Sandra C. Côté and Anne-Marie Ducharme

2,212
15. Pathology of HIV/AIDS: Lessons from Autopsy Series

By Andrey Bychkov, Shunichi Yamashita and Alexander Dorosevich

4,094
16. HIV and Lung Cancer

By Yusuke Okuma, Naoki Yanagisawa, Yukio Hosomi, Atsushi Ajisawa and Masahiko Shibuya

1,755
18. AIDS and Trauma

By Erik Vakil, Caroline Zabiegaj-Zwick and AB (Sebastian) van As

1,764
19. Cutaneous Manifestations of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Sahara African

By Innocent Ocheyana George and Dasetima Dandison Altraide

3,277
21. Sexual Dysfunctions

By Marco de Tubino Scanavino

1,800
3,089
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24. Molecular Epidemiology of HIV-1 Infection in the Amazon Region

By Antonio Carlos Rosário Vallinoto, Luiz Fernando Almeida Machado, Marluísa de Oliveira Guimarães Ishak and Ricardo Ishak

1,693
2,953
26. HAART and Causes of Death in Perinatally HIV-1-Infected Children

By Claudia Palladino, Jose María Bellón, Francisco J. Climent, María del Palacio Tamarit, Isabel de José and Ma Ángeles Muñoz-Fernández

1,909

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17 Web of Science Citations

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