AIDS update 2012
Subtitle: an annual overview of acquired immune deficiency syndrome
By: Gerald J. Stine
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 525
ISBN-13: 9780073527659
Subjects: AIDS (Disease); HIV (Viruses); Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; HIV; Sida; Virus de l'immunodéficience humaine
Other titles: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome update 2012
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-493) and index.
Table of contents: title: About the author; title: Thirty years of HIV/AIDS and counting: a humanitarian crisis; title: AIDS UPDATE 2012; title: INTRODUCTION: History of global pandemics, AIDS, its place in history, overview of HIV/AIDS, international AIDS conferences and means of remembering: the AIDS quilt, candlelight memorial, and World AIDS Day; title: AIDS: defining the disease anf finding the 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 biiological 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 selected 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.