Epidemiology, evolution, and future of the HIV/AIDS pandemic

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 505-511

  Levin, Bruce R ^a   Bull, J J ^b   Stewart, Frank M ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIC; EVOLUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034906717     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0707.017704     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (21)

1. Origin of HIV-1 in the chimpanzee Pan troglodytes troglodytes
2. Timing the ancestor of the HIV-1 pandemic strains
3. Origins and evolution of AIDS viruses
4. The intrinsic rate of increase of HIV/AIDS: Epidemiologic and evolutionary implications
5. Parasite-host coevolution
6. The role of the primary infection in epidemics of HIV infection in gay cohorts
7. The role of early HIV infection in the spread of HIV through populations
8. Distinctive effects of CCR5, CCR2, and SDF1 genetic polymorphisms in AIDS progression
9. CCR-5 genotype and resistance to mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1
10. The cost of natural selection
11. Transmission modes and the evolution of virulence, with special reference to cholera, influenza, and AIDS
12. Antigenic diversity thresholds and the development of AIDS
13. Population dynamics of HIV pathogenesis
14. Germinal centre destruction as a major pathway of HIV pathogenesis
15. Virulence
16. Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIVagm) replicates to high levels in naturally-infected African green monkeys without inducing immunologic or neurologic diseases
17. Lack of infection in HIV-exposed persons is associated with a strong CD8(+) cell noncytotoxic anti-HIV response
18. Short-sighted evolution and the virulence of pathogenic microorganisms
19. Potential of community-wide chemotherapy or immunotherapy to control the spread of HIV-1
20. Viral load and heterosexual transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1