HIV–Host Interactions

Dear Colleagues,

Since the 1980s, an estimated 77 million people globally have been infected with HIV-1 and more than 35 million have died of HIV/AIDS. Currently, there is no effective vaccine against HIV-1. Like other viruses, HIV depends on the host to reproduce and survive. A comprehensive understanding of HIV–host interactions is the key to developing effective HIV vaccines and preventative measures to avert new infections, to effectively care for the millions who have already been infected, and to eventually end the HIV pandemic.

This Special Issue on “HIV–Host Interactions” will cover all specific subjects concerning virus–host interactions, including viral mutation and fitness; the influence of host genetic factors; host restriction factors; host adaptive and innate immune factors in HIV infection and disease; HIV and host interactions in the era of anti-retroviral drug treatment; HIV mutation, adaptation and evolution; new genetic, immunological, bioinformatical technologies to investigate HIV and host interactions.

Dr. Ma Luo
Dr. Binhua Liang
Guest Editors

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