The AIDS pandemic : impact on science and society / edited by Kenneth H. Mayer and H.F. Pizer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mayer, Kenneth H.

Pizer, Hank

Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AIDS (Disease).

Physical Description:

xxi, 537 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

San Diego, Calif. ; London : Elsevier Academic Press, [2005]

Summary:

We are now well into the third decade of the most severe infectious disease threat to mankind since the Black Death, with no end in sight. The AIDS Pandemic explores the ways in which HIV/AIDS has, and continues to transform the wide range of related disciplines it touches. Novel perspectives are provided by a unique panel of internationally recognized experts who cover the unprecedented impact of AIDS on culture, demographics and politics around the world, including how it affected the world's economy, health sciences, epidemiology and public health. This important far-reaching analysis uses the lessons learned from a wide array of disciplines to help us understand the current status and evolution of the pandemic, as it continues to evolve. This book is indispensable for a professional audience from a wide range of backgrounds, including medicine, science, public health, the law, government, and business whose work interfaces with HIV/AIDS, as well as students in higher education.

Contents:

1 Virology / Phyllis J Kanki, Myron E Essex 13

2 Immunology in the Era of HIV/AIDS / Deborah J Anderson 36

3 Quantitative Science / James D Neaton 58

4 The Public Health Response to HIV/AIDS: What Have We Learned? / Mitchell H Katz 90

5 AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention and Control / Jeffrey D Klausner 110

6 HIV Treatment Meets Prevention: Antiretroviral Therapy as Prophylaxis / Myron S Cohen, Mina C Hosseinipour 137

7 Challenges in Developing HIV Vaccines / Laurence Peiperl, Susan Buchbinder 162

8 Microbicides / Polly F Harrison, Trisha L Lamphear 190

9 AIDS Behavioral Prevention: Unprecedented Progress and Emerging Challenges / Willo Pequegnat 236

10 The Evolution of Comprehensive AIDS Clinical Care / Kenneth H Mayer, Sreekanth K Chaguturu 261

11 The Ever-changing Face of AIDS: Implications for Patient Care / Jennifer Furin, David Walton, Paul Farmer 286

12 Economics / Samuel A Bozzette 307

13 Expanding Global Access to ARVs: The Challenges of Prices and Patents / Michael R Reich, Priya Bery 324

14 The African Experience / Salim S Abdool Karim 351

15 Asia: Health Meets Human Rights / Chris Beyrer, N Kumarasamy, H F Pizer 374

16 How HIV/AIDS Changed Gay Life in America: And What Others Can Learn from Our Experience / John-Manuel Andriote 398

17 Drug Use / Patricia Case, Steffanie A Strathdee 424

18 Management of HIV/AIDS in Correctional Settings / Frederick L Altice, Sandra A Springer 449

19 Medical Ethics and the Law / Zita Lazzarini, Jonathan E Von Kohorn 488.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

ISBN:

0124652719

OCLC:

59002837