VIROLOGY AND
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS

(Taken from THE BIOLOGY OF AIDS, CHAPTER 4
by Hung Fan, Ross F. Conner, and Luis P. Villarreal
University of California, Irvine
Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston and Portola Valley)

A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO VIRUSES

HOW DO WE INFECT A HOST?

A TYPICAL VIRUS INFECTION CYCLE

HOW DO WE TREAT VIRAL INFECTIONS?

THE LIFE CYCLE OF A RETROVIRUS

THE AIDS VIRUS

THE EFFECTS OF HIV INFECTION IN INDIVIDUALS

THE AIDS ANTIBODY TEST

POTENTIAL PROBLEMS WITH THE HIV ANTIBODY TEST

HOW DOES HIV EVADE THE IMMUNE SYSTEM?

AZIDOTHYMIDINE (AZT), AN EFFECTIVE THERAPEUTIC AGENT IN AIDS

LIMITATIONS OF AZT

WHERE DID HIV COME FROM?

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