Title War in the body : the evolutionary arms race between HIV and the human immune system and the implications for vaccines / W. David Wick, Otto O. Yang

Published New York, NY : Springer, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource Series 2012-2013 Springer E-Books - Biomedical & Life Sciences Contents The HIV Infection model -- The CTL Model -- Simulating an HIV Infection In Vivo -- The Escape Formula -- Early and Late Escapes -- Understanding Escape -- More Topics about Escape from Immune Control -- HIV's Cloaking Device: The Fascinating Story of Nef -- Retroviral Sex and Escape -- The Ne Business, Again, and a Proposed Experiment -- Can a T-cell Vaccine Block Escape? -- The STEP Trial and the Future of T-cell Vaccines -- Short Tutorial on Dynamical Models -- Deterministic Modeling: A Cautionary Example -- The Infection Model Defined -- The CTL Model Defined -- On Simulation Techniques -- Derivation of the Escape Formula -- Statistics of the Mutant Lineage in Classical Genetics -- Extinction Probabilities with Extra_Poisson Variation -- Computing the Boundaries -- Co-existence or Replacement? -- The Nef-Deletion Threshold Formulas -- Modeling Retroviral Sex Summary In the relatively few decades since the introduction of HIV into the human population, variants of the virus have diverged to such an extent that, were the discussion about something other than viruses, said variants could easily be classified as different species. This book will consider these evolutionary variations, as well as the different and, at times, opposing theories attempting to explain them. It will compare and contrast the ways in which the immune system and drugs affect the virus's evolution, and the implications of these for vaccine development. The issue will be explored and explained through "ecological genetics," which postulates that all living organisms have, besides rivals, enemies. This is divergent from the more traditional school of "population genetics," which emphasizes that evolution occurs among rival species (or variants thereof) that compete for niches or resources in a fixed, unreactive environment. Both models will be formulated using mathematical models, which will be included in the book. Finally, it will consider the possibilities for designing a vaccine that blocks HIV from escaping the immune system Analysis Medicine Immunology Vaccines Medical virology Biomedicine Virology vaccins biomedische wetenschappen immunologie virologie Medicine (General) Geneeskunde (algemeen) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 19, 2013) In Springer eBooks Subject HIV infections. Medical virology. Immune response -- Molecular aspects. AIDS vaccines. Mathematical models. Human beings. AIDS Vaccines HIV Infections -- immunology Models, Theoretical Humans HIV Infections mathematical models. Homo sapiens (species) MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine. MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine. MEDICAL -- Public Health. Mathematical models AIDS vaccines HIV infections Immune response -- Molecular aspects Medical virology Form Electronic book Author Yang, Otto O. LC no. 2013935710 ISBN 9781461472940 1461472946 1461472938 9781461472933

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