One of the first medical textbooks on primary HIV Infection - Latest research results by most of the worlds leading researchers in the field - Clinicians contribute their knowledge from treating large groups of infected patients - Main topics are: - The Berlin Patient, Specifics of Immune Response, New Immune Based Therapies, Importance of Interrupting Early Antiretroviral Therapy

Contents: 1. Pathology 1.1.Functional Characterization of HIV-1-Specific CD4 T Cells (A Harari, G Pantaleo) 1.2 Immunodominance of HIV-1-specific CD8+ T cell response in acute HIV-1 Infection (M Lichterfeld, M Altfeld) 1.3. Impact of Viral Sequence Evolution on Immune Control of HIV-1 (J Timm, T Allen) 2. New Approaches 2.1. Immune-based Therapies in the Treatment of HIV / Aids (LM Kelly, J Lisziewicz, F Lori) 2.2. Long-term control of HIV-1 RNA replication following a unique STI and Mycophenolat Mofetil therapy in patients treated with HAART since PHI (G Tambussi) 2.3. STI in acute HIV Infection (Bruce Walker) 2.4. Therapeutic vaccination I PHI (TPT Ramacciotti, DE Smith, S Emery, AD Kelleher, DA Cooper) 3. Clinical Epidemiology and Management 3.1. Drug resistance and transmission of resistance (EC Bowles, CAB Boucher) 3.2. Management of Primary HIV Infection in Germany (C Kogl, E Wolf, A Gotzenich, H Jessen, K Schewe, M Freiwald, J Golz, H Knechten, (H Jager) 3.3. Primary HIV Type 1 Infection (H Jessen)