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HIV/AIDS in South Africa / edited by S.S. Abdool Karim and Q. Abdool Karim.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- AIDS (Disease)--South Africa.
- AIDS (Disease).
- HIV infections--South Africa.
- HIV infections.
- AIDS (Disease)--Patients--South Africa.
- AIDS (Disease)--Treatment--South Africa.
- AIDS (Disease)--South Africa--Prevention.
- AIDS (Disease)--Treatment.
- AIDS (Disease)--Patients.
- AIDS (Disease)--Prevention.
- HIV-positive persons.
- HIV-positive persons--South Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (608 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This second edition of the book provides up-to-date information on new drugs, new proven HIV prevention interventions, a new chapter on positive prevention, and current HIV epidemiology. This definitive text covers all aspects of HIV/AIDS in South Africa, from basic science to medicine, sociology, economics and politics. It has been written by a highly respected team of South African HIV/AIDS experts and provides a thoroughly researched account of the epidemic in the region.
- Contents:
- Birth of a rapidly growing epidemic
- The virus, the human host and their interactions
- HIV risk factors and prevention strategies
- Focal groups for understanding the HIV epidemic
- The impact of AIDS
- Treating HIV
- What does the future hold?
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-20372-4
- 1-139-06994-2
- 1-139-07570-5
- 9786613118844
- 1-283-11884-X
- 1-139-07796-1
- 1-139-08253-1
- 1-139-08025-3
- 1-139-06240-9
- OCLC:
- 729166636
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