How viruses cause disease
See also anti-viral agents Introduction: To establish an infection and casue disease, a virus must first have access to tissues in the body. Although skin is exposed, the most…
HAART
Drug Database (searchable database for HIV and other infectious disease drugs) Guidelines for the treatment of opportunistic infections in adults and adolescents with HIV Introduction The institution of highly activate antiretroviral…
HIV antibody treatment
A good example of the role that antibodies can play against viruses is hepatitis B where the recombinant hepatitis B surface antigen vaccine induces neutralizing antibodies which are protective against…
HIV treatment
See International AIDS Vacinne Initiative See ViroXchange (latest news on HIV and its treatment/trials) Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center Where HIV/AIDS is Prevalent: AIDS Vu HIV prevlaence map CDC AIDS Atlas MedlinePlus (HIV drugs) HIV…
HIV progression
Acute Infection: During this period the mucosa are the dominant site of infection. The gastointestinal tract and other mucosal tissues contain at steady state at least half of the body's…
Natural HIV immunity
Despite multiple, repeated exposures to HIV, some individuals never seroconvert or show any sign of infection. A variety of mechniasms are suggested to be associated with this condition, including HIV…
HIV structure
HIV is a retrovirus: it ahs two identical, single-stranded, plus-sense RNA gehnomes that must be converted to double-stranded DNA by reverse transcription before being expressed and replicated. HIV Models: Murine…
HIV protocols
MT-2 Dye Assay: (Cell Proliferation Kit) 10 ul to each well with MTT Labeling Reagent Incubate at 37.5 C for 4 hours 100 ul Replica Platting: 100 ul of sample…
HIV prevention
HIV anti-retroviral drugs: Truvada (emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) has recently been approved by the FDA for prevention of HIV. It is a fixed dose of two anti-retroviral drugs and marketed by Gilead…
HIV ELISA
1) Obtain ELISA plate (this is a special plate which absorbs protein). To 1/2 the wells you will add the buffer and protein (ex. GP160) and the other half of…