Models of protection against HIV/SIV avoiding AIDS in humans and monkeys

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Natural SIV infection : virological aspects / Jan Münch and Frank Kirchhoff -- Natural SIV infection : immunological aspects / Béatrice Jacquelin, Roland C. Zahn, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Jörn E. Schmitz, Amitinder Kaur and Michaela C. Müller-Trutwin -- Implications for therapy / Ivona Pandrea and Alan L. Landay -- Are some people protected against HIV infection? / Mario Clerici, Mara Biasin and Gene M. Shearer -- The genital mucosa, the front lines in the defense against HIV / T. Blake Ball and Kristina Broliden -- Host genetics and resistance to HIV-1 infection / Ma Luo, Paul J. McLaren and Francis A. Plummer -- The immune system and resisting HIV infection / Keith R. Fowke, Catherine M. Card and Rupert Kaul -- Definition, natural history and heterogeneity of HIV controllers / Asier Sáez-Cirión, Gianfranco Pancino and Olivier Lambotte, for the ANRS CO18 Cohort -- Residual viremia and viral reservoirs in elite controllers / Robert W. Buckheit III and Joel N. Blankson -- Immune responses associated to viral control / Florencia Pereyra and Bruce D. Walker -- Immune mechanisms of viral control in HIV-2 infection / Eirini Moysi, Thushan de Silva and Sarah Rowland-Jones -- Genetic associations with resistance to HIV-1 infection, viral control and protection against disease / Jacques Fellay and Amalio Telenti