HIV and AIDS: Basic Elements and Priorities

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Kartikeyan, S. (Συγγραφέας), Bharmal, R. N. (Συγγραφέας), Tiwari, R. P. (Συγγραφέας), Bisen, P. S. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Immunology.; Virology.; Infectious diseases.; Biomedicine.; Infectious Diseases.

In June 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first evidence of a new disease that would later become known as Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). HIV and AIDS: Basic Elements and Priorities is a concise collection of all aspects of this disease, and is a source of...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Fundamentals
• Prologue
• Fundamentals of Immunity
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
• Social and Environmental Factors
• Immunopathology
• Natural History of HIV Infection
• Infection Control Methods
• Diagnostic Aspects
• Case Definitions
• Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV Infection
• Laboratory Diagnosis of Common Reproductive Tract and Sexually Transmitted Infections
• Clinical Aspects
• Accidental Occupational Exposure
• HIV-Related Neurological Disorders
• HIV-Related Psychological Disorders
• Co-Infection with HIV and Tuberculosis
• Sexually transmitted infections
• Antiretroviral Therapy
• Traditional ethnomedicinal systems and alternative therapies
• Prevention and Control
• Strategies for Prevention and Control
• Surveillance for HIV
• Counselling
• Voluntary Counselling and Testing Services
• Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission
• Human Rights, Legal, and Ethical Issues
• Role of Health Care Providers
• Preventive HIV Vaccine
• Response to the HIV Epidemic in India
• Response to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Thailand
• Response to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in China
• Epilogue.