PRIMARY HIV INFECTION. PATHOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS, MANAGEMENT

This is one of the first medical textbooks on Primary HIV Infection. Most of the worlds leading researchers in the field are represented with their latest research results. In addition, clinicians contribute their knowledge from treating large groups of infected patients. The reader will learn -- among other topics -- more about:

• The Berlin Patient
• Specifics of Immune Response
• New Immune Based Therapies
• Importance of Interrupting Early Antiretroviral Therapy
• Clinical Epidemiology of Primary Resistance
• Data from the large PrimeDag Cohort

Contents:

• 1. Pathology
  1.1.Functional Characterization of HIV-1-Specific CD4 T Cells
  (A Harari, G Pantaleo)
  1.2 Immunodominance of HIV-1-specific CD8+ T cell response in acute HIV-1 Infection
  (M Lichterfeld, M Altfeld)
  1.3. Impact of Viral Sequence Evolution on Immune Control of HIV-1
  (J Timm, T Allen)
• 2. New Approaches
  2.1. Immune-based Therapies in the Treatment of HIV / Aids
  (LM Kelly, J Lisziewicz, F Lori)
  2.2. Long-term control of HIV-1 RNA replication following a unique STI and Mycophenolat Mofetil therapy in patients treated with HAART since PHI
  (G Tambussi)
  2.3. STI in acute HIV Infection
  (Bruce Walker)
  2.4. Therapeutic vaccination I PHI
  (TPT Ramacciotti, DE Smith, S Emery, AD Kelleher, DA Cooper)
• 3. Clinical Epidemiology and Management
  3.1. Drug resistance and transmission of resistance
  (EC Bowles, CAB Boucher)
  3.2. Management of Primary HIV Infection in Germany
  (C Kögl, E Wolf, A Götzenich, H Jessen, K Schewe, M Freiwald, J Gölz, H Knechten,
  (H Jäger)
  3.3. Primary HIV Type 1 Infection
  (H Jessen)