title: [Etiology--characteristics of HIV infection].
abstract: In this study the structures of the AIDS-virus are presented, furthermore the cross-reactivity of HIV-1 and HIV-2 is described as well as the known genes of both viruses. The mechanism of cell infection, its kinetics and the special role of activated T-cells and macrophages in this process are outlined. This interrelation characterized phenomenologically based on the neopterin data available is now supported by experiments at a molecular level. This should lead to therapeutical and diagnostical consequences.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Hygiene, Universität Innsbruck.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Dierich
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Larcher
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sölder
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fuchs
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wachter
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005814:Genes, Viral; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000235:genetics*; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D014779:Virus Replication
vernacular_title: Atiologie--Besonderheiten der HIV-Infektion.