AIDS update, 2005:an annual overview of acquired immune deficiency syndrome
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Pearson Education/Benjamin Cummings,
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Publisher Address: | San Francisco, Calif. |
Publication Dates: | c2005. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xv, 495 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: | 0805373101 (pbk.) |
Index Number: | R512 |
CLC: | R512.91-2 |
Call Number: | R512.91-2/S859/2005 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Discovering AIDS, naming the disease -- What causes AIDS: origin of the AIDS virus -- Biological characteristics of the AIDS virus -- Anti-HIV therapy -- The immunology of HIV disease/AIDS -- Opportunistic infections and cancers associated with HIV disease/AIDS -- A profile of biological indicators for HIV disease and progression to AIDS -- Epidemiology and transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus -- Preventing the transmission of HIV -- Prevalence of HIV infections, AIDS cases, and deaths among select groups in the United States and AIDS in other countries -- Prevalence of HIV infection and AIDS cases among women, children, and teenagers in the United States -- Testing for human immunodeficiency virus -- AIDS and society: knowledge, attitudes, and behavior. |