Clinical Overview of HIV Disease
C. Bradley Hare, MD, University of California San Francisco
January 2006
From the HIV InSite Knowledge Base
Sections:
- Introduction and History
- Basics of HIV Virology and Immunology
- Epidemiology
- Transmission and Risk Factors
- Classification of HIV Disease
- Natural History of Untreated HIV Infection
- Laboratory Testing
- Treatment of HIV Infection
- Routine Health Care Maintenance in HIV Infection
- Summary and Future Directions
Figures:
- Figure 1: Prevalence of HIV and distribution of major clades
- Figure 2: Typical course of untreated HIV infection
Tables:
- Table 1: The 1993 AIDS Surveillance Case Definition of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Table 2: CDC Categorization of HIV / AIDS
- Table 3: WHO Staging System for HIV Infection and Disease in Adults and Adolescents
- Table 4: Selected adverse reactions associated with antiretrovirals
- Table 5: Relationship between CD4, viral load and AIDS progression
References
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