• Defining Retroviruses
• 38 min
  1. An introduction to retroviruses: replication strategy and genetics

  • Dr. Jonathan Stoye
• 45 min
  2. Bovine leukemia virus

  • Prof. Arsene Burny
  • Dr. Lucas Willems
• The First Human Retroviruses
• 65 min
  3. The discovery of human retroviruses and how they cause disease

  • Prof. Robert Gallo
• HIV - Peculiarities of its Genome
• 11 min
  4. HIV: peculiarities of its genome

  • Dr. George Pavlakis
• HIV Transmission, Epidemiology and Public Health/Prevention Issues
• 42 min
  5. HIV/AIDS epidemiology, transmission, and risk factors

  • Prof. William Blattner
• 55 min
  6. HIV prevention and public health issues: a global perspective

  • Prof. Sten H. Vermund
• How HIV causes AIDS
• 35 min
  7. How HIV causes disease 1: identification and characterization of HIV

  • Prof. Bruce Walker
• 43 min
  8. How HIV causes disease 2: immune responses to HIV infection

  • Prof. Bruce Walker
• HIV Therapy - Now and the Future
• 34 min
  9. HIV therapy: taking advantage of progress

  • Prof. Paul Volberding
• 39 min
  10. HIV cure: harnessing innate and adaptive strategies

  • Prof. Luis Montaner
• Archived Lectures *These may not cover the latest advances in the field
• 36 min
  11. The first human retroviruses: the human T lymphotropic viruses (HTLVs)

  • Prof. William Hall
• 59 min
  12. HIV preventive vaccines

  • Prof. Andrew McMichael
• 31 min
  13. HIV/AIDS in the developing world: what can we do?

  • Dr. Joseph O'Neill
• 54 min
  14. Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) and adult T-cell leukemia: insights into cellular transformation

  • Prof. Kuan-Teh Jeang
• 41 min
  15. Antiretroviral therapy 2007, new concepts and lessons learned

  • Prof. Robert Redfield
• 29 min
  16. What to do in therapy in the face of HIV drug resistance?

  • Prof. Mark Wainberg
• 42 min
  17. Viral reservoirs, latency and mechanisms of HIV persistence

  • Prof. Robert Siliciano
• 28 min
  18. HIV preintegration complexes

  • Prof. Lee Ratner
• 30 min
  19. The discovery of ATL field expansion in 40 yrs

  • Prof. Junji Yodoi

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Navigable Slide Index

1. Introduction
2. Scope of the problem
3. Estimated number of people living with HIV
4. Estimated number of deaths due to AIDS
5. A global view of HIV infection
6. HIV/AIDS and development
7. Number of people living with HIV by region
8. Percent of HIV infected adults who are female
9. HIV prevalence among antenatal clinic attendees
10. Proportion of HIV infection in population groups
11. HIV prevalence: men who have sex with men
12. Context of development
13. Population trends (1)
14. Population trends (2)
15. Cancer in developing world (1)
16. Cancer in developing world (2)
17. Resources - 1998 per capita health expenditures
18. Resources - 2001 World Bank estimates
19. Access to clean water
20. Hunger is a leading cause of death
21. Impact of the pandemic
22. Impact of AIDS on life expectancy
23. Impact of AIDS on under-five mortality rates
24. Reduction in African agricultural labor force
25. 25 years of AIDS
26. Impact of orphanhood on school attendance
27. Knowledge about HIV among young males
28. Why do anything?
29. Quote by Elie Wiesel
30. Quote by Albert Schweitzer
31. Quote by Gordon Brown
32. U.S. response
33. Enlightened self interest
34. UN security council resolution - 2000
35. Quote by Peter Piot
36. HIV/AIDS as a national security issue
37. What is being done?
38. Public funding
39. Sources of estimated and projected funding
40. DAC members' official development assistance
41. Research
42. NIH HIV/AIDS research funding
43. UK medical research council expenditure
44. Annual public sector investment
45. Private sector vaccine research
46. Private philanthropy
47. Private philanthropy for global HIV/AIDS
48. Impact of current efforts
49. Progress towards declaration of commitment
50. Youth who identify ways to prevent HIV infection
51. HIV positive women on antiretroviral prophylaxis
52. Infants born to HIV infected mothers
53. Rates of antiretroviral therapy
54. Comparison of 2003 and 2005 data
55. What can health professionals/scientists do?
56. Support good public policy
57. Pay attention to quality medical care
58. Raise public consciousness
59. Opportunities for direct service
60. Non governmental organizations (NGOs)
61. Public sector service
62. Academic institutions
63. Conclusion

Topics Covered

• Global HIV epidemiology
• Scope of the problem
• The context of development: poverty, displacement, other health concerns
• Necessity of responding
• What is being done?
• Impact of current efforts
• Unique role for health professionals and scientists

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Series:

• Retroviruses

Categories:

• Microbiology

Therapeutic Areas:

• Infectious Diseases

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Publication History

• Published on October 1, 2007
• Archived on May 31, 2018

Financial Disclosures

• Dr. Joseph O'Neill has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.