AIDS
By: by Susan Aldridge
Series: 21st century science
Publisher: TickTock Entertainment
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781848981089
Subjects: AIDS (Disease); Juvenile literature; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Sida; Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
Other titles: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Description: Explores the science of AIDS, including why HIV/AIDS attack the human body's immune system, the origin of it, and whether or not we are winning the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A global issue; title: What is a virus?; title: The HIV virus. HIV and humans ; Signs and symptoms ; Living with HIV/AIDS; title: Global epidemic. A new disease hits the world ; Discovery of the HIV virus ; A growing epidemic ; Finding a treatment; title: AIDS orphans. AIDS in Africa ; HIV and children in Africa ; Dealing with AIDS in Africa; title: A global crisis. AIDS around the world ; Spotlight on the Caribbean; title: Understanding HIV. How HIV is transmitted ; Sex, drugs and AIDS ; Blood and AIDS ; Mother and child; title: Raising awareness. Education and awareness ; Keeping blood safe ; The search for a vaccine; title: Anti-viral drugs. Diagnosis and treatment ; HIV testing ; New treatment ; Around the world; title: Vaccination campaign. AIDS and the future ; Epidemics and pandemics ; Future research ; Looking to the future.