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HIV/AIDS : a very short introduction / Alan Whiteside.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whiteside, Alan.
- Series:
- Very short introductions ; 174.
- Very short introductions ; 174
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- AIDS (Disease).
- HIV infections.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (147 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2008.
- Summary:
- Providing an introduction to HIV/AIDS, this book explains the science, the international and local politics, the demographics and the devastating consequences of the disease. This book is aimed at general readers interested in the science, the epidemiology and the social effects of the disease which has killed 20 million.
- Contents:
- The emergence and state of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
- How HIV/AIDS works and scientific responses
- The factors that shape different epidemics
- Illness, deaths, and populations
- The impact of AIDS on production and people
- AIDS and politics
- Responding to HIV/AIDS
- The next 25 years.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-141) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-34134-7
- 9786611341343
- 0-19-151760-7
- OCLC:
- 437093667
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