Chairs: Joseph Jeymohan (NIMH) and John Satterlee (NIDA)
Presenters: Kenneth Witwer, Joseph Jeymohan, John Satterlee, Vincent Bond, Norman Haughey, Shilpa Buch, Fatah Kashanchi, Lynn Pulliam
Retroviruses and EVs share many characteristics. Indeed, retroviruses can be viewed as a type of EV. Despite considerable progress against HIV disease since the discovery of HIV in the 1980s, numerous challenges remain, for example, predicting, diagnosing, and treating the HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND, including neuroAIDS). This fast-paced symposium will examine the complex interplay between HIV, host EVs, disease, and drugs of abuse.
