Confronting AIDS : Directions for Public Health, Health Care, and Research.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Staff, Institute of Medicine
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : National Academies Press, 1986.
Temas:
AIDS (Disease) > Prevention > Government policy > United States.
AIDS (Disease) > Research > Government policy > United States.
AIDS (Disease) > Research > United States.
AIDS (Disease) > Treatment > Government policy > United States.
AIDS (Disease) > Treatment > United States.
AIDS (Disease) > United States > Prevention.
Sida > Prévention > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Sida > Recherche > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Sida > Recherche > États-Unis.
Sida > Traitement > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Sida > Traitement > États-Unis.
Sida > États-Unis > Prévention.
AIDS (Disease) > Prevention
AIDS (Disease) > Prevention > Government policy
AIDS (Disease) > Research
AIDS (Disease) > Research > Government policy
AIDS (Disease) > Treatment
AIDS (Disease) > Treatment > Government policy
United States
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Confronting AIDS
  • Copyright
  • Preface
  • TERMINOLOGY
  • STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Contents
  • Abstract
  • 1 Confronting AIDS: Summary and Recommendations
  • STATUS OF THE EPIDEMIC
  • Infection and Transmission
  • Clinical Manifestations of the Disease
  • Statistical Dimensions of the Epidemic
  • THE FUTURE COURSE OF THE EPIDEMIC
  • OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALTERING THE COURSE OF THE EPIDEMIC
  • Public Education
  • Preventing HIV Infection Among IV Drug Users
  • Public Health Measures
  • Surveillance
  • Mandatory Screening
  • Voluntary TestingThe Role of Coercive Measures in Public Health Efforts
  • Funding for Education and Other Public Health Measures
  • Discrimination and AIDS
  • CARE OF PERSONS INFECTED WITH HIV
  • Health Care Costs Resulting from HIV Infection
  • The Financing of Health Care for HIV-Related Conditions
  • FUTURE RESEARCH NEEDS
  • Basic Research
  • The Natural History of HIV Infection
  • Epidemiologic Approaches
  • Animal Models
  • Antiviral Agents
  • Vaccines
  • Social Science Research Needs
  • Funding for Research on AIDS and HIV
  • INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF AIDS AND HIV INFECTIONRationale for U.S. International Involvement
  • Risks of Infection Outside the United States
  • International Research Opportunities
  • GUIDANCE FOR THE NATION'S EFFORTS
  • What Is Needed?
  • Establishment of the Commission
  • MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS
  • 2 Understanding of the Disease and Dimensions of the Epidemic
  • THE CAUSATIVE AGENT OF AIDS
  • Features of Retroviruses
  • Related Viruses
  • PATHOGENESIS OF AIDS
  • NATURAL HISTORY OF THE DISEASE
  • CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF HIV INFECTION
  • Opportunistic InfectionsKaposi's Sarcoma
  • Other Malignancies
  • Neurologic Complications Associated with HIV Infection
  • Pediatric AIDS
  • MODES OF TRANSMISSION OF HIV
  • Sexual Transmission
  • Parenteral Transmission
  • Maternal-Infant Transmission
  • POPULATION GROUPS AT INCREASED RISK OF HIV INFECTION
  • Homosexual Men
  • Intravenous Drug Users
  • Hemophiliacs
  • Recipients of Blood Transfusions
  • Heterosexual Contacts of HIV-Infected Persons
  • Infants and Children
  • Health Care Workers
  • EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES AND FINDINGS
  • Surveillance
  • National Disease ReportingEpidemiologic Research
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Prospective Cohort Studies
  • Serologic Surveys
  • Findings of Epidemiologic Studies
  • The Prevalence of HIV Infection
  • AIDS Cases By Risk Group
  • AIDS Case Trends by Geographic Area
  • AIDS Case Trends by Sex, Race, and Age
  • AIDS Case Trends in Disease Presentation and Mortality
  • HIV INFECTION AND AIDS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
  • African Countries
  • Other Countries
  • REFERENCES
  • 3 The Future Course of the Epidemic and Available National Resources

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