Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
HST.176: Cellular and Molecular Immunology
Course Director: Dr. Shiv Pillai
The Immunology of AIDS
Objective / Study Questions
1. How does HIV enter immune cells?
2. Why do most AIDS patients not develop strong CTL responses against HIV?
3. Review anti-viral vaccines and cell mediated immunity against viruses
4. Why are some individuals less susceptible to HIV than others?
Suggested Review
Kahn, J.O., and Walker, B.D. Acute Human Immunodeficiency virus Type I infection
New England Journal of Medicine 1998, 339, 33-39