HIV Infections - History
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

The history of antiretrovirals: key discoveries over the past 25 years.

30 Aug 2009 Within 25 years after zidovudine (3'-azido-2',3'-dideoxythymidine, AZT) was first described as an inhibitor of HIV replication, 25 anti-HIV drugs have been formally approved for clinical use in the treatment of HIV infections: seven nucleoside ... Read more...

The health and health system of South Africa: historical roots of current public health challenges.

22 Aug 2009 The roots of a dysfunctional health system and the collision of the epidemics of communicable and non-communicable diseases in South Africa can be found in policies from periods of the country's history, from colonial subjugation, apartheid ... Read more...

Quantifying the source of infection for HIV-infected hemophiliacs in the U.K. from 1979 to 1984.

29 Apr 2009 There is considerable literature on the risk of HIV infection for individuals suffering from hemophilia A in the United Kingdom (U.K.) during the period 1979-1984 when the sources of Factor VIII clotting factor were contaminated with HIV. Toward the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'HIV Infections - History'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The history of antiretrovirals: key discoveries over the past 25 years. 30 Aug 2009
• Drug development for emerging infections. 30 Aug 2009
• The health and health system of South Africa: historical roots of current public health challenges. 22 Aug 2009
• Impermanence. 29 Jun 2009
• MACS celebrates its 25th anniversary. 30 May 2009
• Quantifying the source of infection for HIV-infected hemophiliacs in the U.K. from 1979 to 1984. 29 Apr 2009
• What is the biggest change in HIV medicine in the past 20 years? 29 Apr 2009
• 25 years after HIV discovery: prospects for cure and vaccine (Nobel lecture). 30 Dec 2008
• HIV: a discovery opening the road to novel scientific knowledge and global health improvement (Nobel lecture). 30 Dec 2008
• [History of the infectious disease specialty in Spain] 29 Nov 2008
• [25 years of progress in HIV therapy: success story still lacks a happy end] 25 Nov 2008
• Nobel decision stirs viral dismay. 30 Oct 2008
• 25 years of HIV-1 research - progress and perspectives. 29 Oct 2008
• [Introduction. A brief history of AIDS] 29 Sep 2008
• HIV: The next shot. 29 Jul 2008
• Policy watch. 25 years and counting. 29 Jun 2008
• HIV/AIDS: the first 25 years--a view from Nairobi. 30 May 2008
• 25 years of HIV. 13 May 2008
• A perspective on the history of health and human rights: from the Cold War to the Gold War. 30 Mar 2008
• Special anniversary review: twenty-five years of human immunodeficiency virus research: successes and challenges. 26 Mar 2008

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Technical information about 'HIV Infections'

Definition: Includes the spectrum of human immunodeficiency virus infections that range from asymptomatic seropositivity, thru AIDS-related complex (ARC), to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

Descriptor UI: D015658

Alternative terms: HIV Infections; HIV Infection; Infection, HIV; Infections, HIV; HTLV-III-LAV Infections; HTLV III LAV Infections; HTLV-III-LAV Infection; Infection, HTLV-III-LAV; Infections, HTLV-III-LAV; T-Lymphotropic Virus Type III Infections, Human; T Lymphotropic Virus Type III Infections, Human; HTLV-III Infections; HTLV III Infections; HTLV-III Infection; Infection, HTLV-III; Infections, HTLV-III;

Related Mesh Headings: Lymphoma, AIDS-Related;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; transmission; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C02.782.815.616.400; C02.800.801.400; C20.673.480;

Online Note: use ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME to search HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS TYPE III INFECTION 1989; HIV INFECTION 1988-89; HTLV-III INFECTION & HTLV-III LAV INFECTION 1987-89

History Note: 90; T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS TYPE III INFECTION, HUMAN was HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS TYPE III INFECTION see ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME 1989; HIV INFECTION was see ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME 1988-89; HTLV-III INFECTION & HTLV-III-LAV INFECTION were see ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME 1987-89

Technical Notes: caused by a lentivirus; GEN or unspecified; coord IM with HIV-1 (IM) or HIV-2 (IM); note specific indentions under HIV INFECTIONS; DF: HIV INFECT