HIV

Overview of the Pathophysiology and basic clinical aspects of HIV and AIDS  

This is an acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP). It typically comes on several weeks after viral infection, usually, GI or URTI (also sometimes flu vaccine [controversial]). HIV is also known to be a cause. In up to 40% of cases, no precipitating factor can be found.   Epidemiology 1-2 per 100 000 In 40% of cases, no cause is found  

Emmerdale's Charlie Hardwick says playing Val Pollard has given her a chance to educate people about HIV.  

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Researchers at the Einstein-Montefiore Institute for Clinical and Translational Research found that testing for HPV in HIV-positive women may help reduce the...  

This animation describes how NRTI drugs work by incorporating themselves into viral DNA as it is being transcribed, and thus, blocking further extension of t...  

This animation describes the second mechanism of resistance of reverse transcriptase enzyme to some of NRTI drugs, called primer nucleoside unblocking. Narra...  

This animation explains the first mechanism of resistance of reverse transcriptase enzyme to some of NRTI drugs, known as nucleoside analogue discrimination....  

This animation describes how mutations acquired by the HIV reverse transcriptase enzyme can effectively prevent NNRTI medicines from being able to bind to it...