HIV - AIDS Reference

HIV Reference: General

Glossary Of HIV Terms: The Glossary is a comprehensive resource designed to help health professionals, researchers, and people living with HIV/AIDS and their families and friends to understand the complex web of HIV/AIDS terminology.
1993 Revised Classification System for HIV Infection and Expanded Surveillance Case Definition for AIDS Among Adolescents and Adults
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - December 18, 1992: The etiologic agent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome AIDS) is a retrovirus designated human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The CD4+ T-lymphocyte is the primary target for HIV infection because of the affinity of the virus for the CD4 surface marker. The CD4+ T-lymphocyte coordinates a number of important immunologic functions, and a loss of these functions results in progressive impairment of the immune response. Studies of the natural history of HIV infection have documented a wide spectrum of disease manifestations, ranging from asymptomatic infection to life-threatening conditions characterized by severe immunodeficiency, serious opportunistic infections, and cancers. Other studies have shown a strong association between the development of life-threatening opportunistic illnesses and the absolute number (per microliter of blood) or percentage of CD4+ T-lymphocytes. As the number of CD4+ T-lymphocytes decreases, the risk and severity of opportunistic illnesses increase.

HIV Reference: History

"So little time...": A year-by-year timeline of the epidemic -- What did they know? -- When did they know it?
Women and AIDS: Historical Timeline: Terri L. Wilder, LMSW; Since the beginning of time, women have had to fight for recognition. Women had to fight to vote. Women had to fight to work. Women even had to fight to wear the clothes they liked. Twenty years ago women were fighting off unusual symptoms. Twenty years ago women were fighting to be diagnosed. Twenty years ago women were fighting to stay alive.

HIV Reference: Science

The HIV Life Cycle: A pictorial trip through the life cycle of the Human Immunovirus (HIV), the virus that causes "AIDS."
HIV/AIDS Conference Abstracts (1980-Present): A collection of conference abstracts, some of which will only be found on AEGiS.
AIDSLINE (1980-2000): A huge collection of scientific abstracts and citations from the National Library of Medicine.

Books: Out of Print

PANOS Institute

Books Out-of-Print is a collection of HIV/AIDS-related books, now out-of-print, covering various aspects of the AIDS pandemic.

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