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Peter Hunt, MD

Peter W. Hunt, MD
Assistant Adjunct Professor II
Attending Physician, Positive Health Practice, SFGH

Research Interests
Roles of co-infections and T cell activation in HIV pathogenesis; Determinants and immunologic consequences of HIV co-receptor tropism.

Select Publications

1) Hunt PW, Brenchley J, Sinclair E, et al. Relationship between T cell activation and CD4 count in HIV-seropositive individuals with undetectable plasma HIV RNA levels in absence of therapy. J Infect Dis, 2008; 197(1): p 126-133.
2) Hunt PW, Harrigan PR, Huang W, et al. Prevalence of CXCR4 tropism among antiretroviral-treated HIV-1-infected patients with detectable viremia. J Infect Dis 2006; 194(7): 926-30.
3) Hunt PW, Deeks SG, Bangsberg DR, et al. The independent effect of drug resistance on T cell activation in HIV infection. AIDS 2006; 20:691-9.
4) Hunt PW, Martin JN, Sinclair E, Bredt B, et al. T cell activation is associated with lower CD4+ T cell gains in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with sustained viral suppression during antiretroviral therapy. J Infect Dis 2003; 187:1534-43.
5) Hunt PW, Deeks SG, Rodriguez B, et al. Continued CD4 cell count increases in HIV-infected adults experiencing 4 years of viral suppression on antiretroviral therapy. AIDS 2003; 17:1907-15.

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Education & Training

BA, Yale University, 1994

MD, Yale University School of Medicine, 1998

Internal Medicine Residency, University of California at San Francisco, 1998 – 2001

General Internal Medicine Fellowship, University of California at San Francisco, 2001 – 2003

Infectious Diseases Fellowship, University of California at San Francisco, 2003 – 2005