HIV and AIDS: Basic Elements and Priorities /

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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Kartikeyan, S. (Autor), Bharmal, R.N (Autor), Tiwari, R.P (Autor), Bisen, P.S (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
Temas:
Virology.
Diseases.
Immunology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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