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AIDS update, 2005 : an annual overview of acquired immune deficiency syndrome

Title
AIDS update, 2005 : an annual overview of acquired immune deficiency syndrome / Gerald J. Stine.
Author
Stine, Gerald James.
Publication
San Francisco, Calif. : Pearson Education/Benjamin Cummings, [2005], ©2005.

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Description
xv, 495 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • AIDS (Disease)
  • HIV infections
  • HIV (Viruses)
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
  • HIV Infections
  • Virus Diseases
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
ISBN
0805373101 (pbk.) :
OCLC
  • ocm57569345
  • SCSB-5203217
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries