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AIDS and other manifestations of HIV infection /

Extensively revised and updated, the new edition of AIDS and Other Manifestations of HIV Infection is an essential reference resource providing a comprehensive overview of the biological properties of this etiologic viral agent, its clinicopathological manifestations, the epidemiology of its infecti...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Group Author: Wormser, Gary P. (Editor)
Published: Elsevier Academic,
Publisher Address: San Diego, Calif. :
Publication Dates: 2004.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: Fourth edition.
Subjects:
AIDS (Disease)
HIV infections.
HIV > pathogenicity.
Sida.
Infections a VIH.
Electronic books.
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780127640518
Summary: Extensively revised and updated, the new edition of AIDS and Other Manifestations of HIV Infection is an essential reference resource providing a comprehensive overview of the biological properties of this etiologic viral agent, its clinicopathological manifestations, the epidemiology of its infection, and present and future therapeutic options. New to this Edition: * Expanded section on clinical manifestations includes new chapters on cardiovascular, renal and dermatologic manifestations of HIV infection * Additional chapters on molecular diagnostic techniques, the role of host genetic variation in HIV infection and its manifestations, the discovery and development of new HIV medicines, analysis of HIV dynamics using mathematical models, toxicities of antiretroviral therapy, HIV drug susceptibility testing, practical therapeutics and the global impact of HIV and AIDS.
Item Description: Previous edition: Philadelphia, Pa.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1998.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xix, 1076 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780127640518
0127640517
Index Number: RC606
CLC: R512.91
Contents: Topics Include -- Epidemiology of HIV and AIDs -- Epidemiology of Pediatric HIV Infection -- The Genetic Diversity and Global Molecular Epidemiology of HIV -- Introduction to Retroviruses -- The Neuropathogenesis of HIV-1 Infection -- Viral Cofactors in the Immune Pathogenisis and Clinical Manifestations of HIV Infection -- Virologic and Biologic Features of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2 (HIV- 2) -- Laboratory Detection of Human Retroviral Infection.

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