AIDS update 2013
Subtitle: an annual overview of acquired immune deficiency syndrome
By: Gerald J. Stine
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 523
ISBN-13: 9780073527666
Subjects: AIDS (Disease); HIV (Viruses)
Other titles: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome update 2013
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 482-496) and index.
Table of contents: title: About the author; title: AIDS update 2013; title: Thirty two years of HIV/AIDS and counting : a humanitarian crisis; title: Preface; title: Introduction : histories of global pandemics, AIDS, its place in history, overview of HIV/AIDS, international AIDS conferences, and means of remembering; title: the AIDS Quilt, Candlelight Memorial, and World AIDS Day; title: AIDS : defining the disease and finding its cause; title: What causes AIDS : Origin of the AIDS virus; title: Biological characteristics of HIV; title: Anti-HIV therapy; title: The immunology of HIV disease/AIDS; title: Opportunistic infections and cancers associated with HIV disease/AIDS; title: A profile of biological indicators for HIV disease, progression to AIDS, and hope; title: Epidemiology and transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus; title: Preventing the transmission of HIV; title: Prevalence of HIV infections, AIDS cases, and deaths among select groups in the United States and in other countries; title: Prevalence of HIV infection and AIDS cases among women and children; title: Prevalence of HIV infection and AIDS among young adults, ages 13 to 24; title: Testing for human immunodeficiency virus; title: AIDS and society : knowledge, attitudes, and behavior; title: Answers to review questions; title: Glossary.