One of the first medical textbooks on primary HIV Infection Latest research results by most of the worlds leading researchers in the field Clinicians contribute their knowledge from treating large groups of infected patients Main topics are: The Berlin Patient, Specifics of Immune Response, New Immune Based Therapies, Importance of Interrupting Early Antiretroviral Therapy

"A textbook on Primary HIV Infection. Here, clinicians contribute their knowledge from treating large groups of infected patients."

Contents: 1. Pathology 1.1.Functional Characterization of HIV-1-Specific CD4 T Cells (A Harari, G Pantaleo) 1.2 Immunodominance of HIV-1-specific CD8+ T cell response in acute HIV-1 Infection (M Lichterfeld, M Altfeld) 1.3. Impact of Viral Sequence Evolution on Immune Control of HIV-1 (J Timm, T Allen) 2. New Approaches 2.1. Immune-based Therapies in the Treatment of HIV / Aids (LM Kelly, J Lisziewicz, F Lori) 2.2. Long-term control of HIV-1 RNA replication following a unique STI and Mycophenolat Mofetil therapy in patients treated with HAART since PHI (G Tambussi) 2.3. STI in acute HIV Infection (Bruce Walker) 2.4. Therapeutic vaccination I PHI (TPT Ramacciotti, DE Smith, S Emery, AD Kelleher, DA Cooper) 3. Clinical Epidemiology and Management 3.1. Drug resistance and transmission of resistance (EC Bowles, CAB Boucher) 3.2. Management of Primary HIV Infection in Germany (C Kogl, E Wolf, A Gotzenich, H Jessen, K Schewe, M Freiwald, J Golz, H Knechten, (H Jager) 3.3. Primary HIV Type 1 Infection (H Jessen)