Clinical Training Course: HIV/AIDS Update

Drs Harold W. Jaffe, Susan Buchbinder and Warner Green

Review the prevalence and incidence of HIV/AIDS cases worldwide; Describe recent developments in addressing global AIDS; Summarize the transmission modes and mechanisms for acquiring HIV/AIDS in the United States; Discuss the relationship of substance abuse to HIV/AIDS; and Review the molecular biology of the HIV infection process with a view to development of new therapies for treating HIV/AIDS.