RT Book, Section
A1 Carroll, Karen C.
A1 Hobden, Jeffery A.
A1 Miller, Steve
A1 Morse, Stephen A.
A1 Mietzner, Timothy A.
A1 Detrick, Barbara
A1 Mitchell, Thomas G.
A1 McKerrow, James H.
A1 Sakanari, Judy A.
SR Print(0)
ID 1114738385
T1 AIDS and Lentiviruses
T2 Jawetz, Melnick, & Adelberg’s Medical Microbiology, 27e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071824989
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1114738385
RD 2024/04/24
AB Human  immunodeficiency  virus  (HIV)  types,  derived  from  primate  lentiviruses,  are  the  etiologic  agents  of  Acquired  Immune  Deficiency  Syndrome  (AIDS).  The  illness  was  first  described  in  1981,  and  HIV-1  was  isolated  by  the  end  of  1983.  Since  then,  AIDS  has  become  a  worldwide  epidemic,  expanding  in  scope  and  magnitude  as  HIV  infections  have  affected  different  populations  and  geographic  regions.  Millions  are  now  infected  worldwide;  once  infected,  individuals  remain  infected  for  life.  Within  a  decade,  if  left  untreated,  the  vast  majority  of  HIV-infected  individuals  develop  fatal  opportunistic  infections  as  a  result  of  HIV-induced  deficiencies  in  the  immune  system.  AIDS  is  one  of  the  most  important  public  health  problems  worldwide  at  the  start  of  the  21st  century.  The  development  of  highly  active  antiretroviral  therapy  (HAART)  for  chronic  suppression  of  HIV  replication  and  prevention  of  AIDS  has  been  a  major  achievement  in  HIV  medicine.