Scientific progress during the first 20 years of HIV research has been impressive. The commentary and review articles in this focus capture how far we have come and convey the state of the field at the start of the AIDS pandemic.
The early years of HIV research: integrating clinical and basic researchpp844 - 846 Françoise Barré-Sinoussi doi:10.1038/nm0703-844 Abstract|Full text|PDF
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Transmission, acute HIV-1 infection and the quest for strategies to prevent infectionpp847 - 852 Melissa Pope
& Ashley T Haase doi:10.1038/nm0703-847 Abstract|Full text|PDF
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Immunopathogenesis and immunotherapy in AIDS virus infectionspp861 - 866 Norman L Letvin
& Bruce D Walker doi:10.1038/nm0703-861 Abstract|Full text|PDF
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Twenty years of therapy for HIV-1 infectionpp867 - 873 Roger J Pomerantz
& David L Horn doi:10.1038/nm0703-867 Abstract|Full text|PDF
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HIV vaccines 19832003pp874 - 880 Andrew J McMichael
& Tomas Hanke doi:10.1038/nm0703-874 Abstract|Full text|PDF
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Accomplishments in HIV prevention science: implications for stemming the epidemicpp881 - 886 Ronald O Valdiserri, Lydia L Ogden
& Eugene McCray doi:10.1038/nm0703-881 Abstract|Full text|PDF
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