Journal of Virology & Antiviral ResearchISSN: 2324-8955

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Nafees Ahmad Author

nafees@u.arizona.edu 520-626-7022

Subjects of specialization
Immune response, Immunobiology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Pharmacology

Affiliation
Department of Immunobiology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona , USA

Biography

Nafees Ahmad received his BS (Hons) in Chemistry and MS in Biochemistry from one of the prestigious central universities in India, The Aligarh Muslim University. He then joined another renowned research institute, The Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India, from where he earned his Ph.D. in 1983.

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Influence of HIV-1 Genetic Variability on Vertical Transmission and Pathogenesis

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Nafees Ahmad

HIV-1 exists as a genetically heterogeneous population within infected individuals and in infected population. Genetic variability or viral heterogeneity plays an important role in transmission, pathogenesis, immune response, disease progression and therapy as well as is the most effective way for the virus to evade the host immune response and persists in infected individuals. We have used HIV-1 infected motherinfant pairs as a transmitter-recipient model to elucidate the role of the molecular and biological properties of HIV-1 associated with transmission and pathogenesis. HIV-1 sequences derived from infected mothers were more heterogeneous than their younger ... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2324-8955.1000136

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