AIDS vaccines, HIV receptors, and AIDS research / Lawrence B. Kendow, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kendow, Lawrence B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AIDS vaccines.

HIV (Viruses).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Biomedical Books, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a set of symptoms and infections resulting from the damage to the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This condition progressively reduces the effectiveness of the immune system and leaves individuals susceptible to opportunistic infections and tumors. HIV is transmitted through direct contact of a mucous membrane or the bloodstream with a bodily fluid containing HIV, such as blood, semen, vaginal fluid, preseminal fluid, and breast milk.This transmission can involve anal, vaginal or oral sex, blood transfusion, contaminated hypodermic needles, exchange between mother and baby during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding, or other exposure to one of the above bodily fluids.This book presents new and important research in the field from around the globe.

Contents:

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 Safe And Effective HIV Vaccines Since 1999

Chapter 2 AIDS: A Mucosal Approach To A Mucosal Infection

Chapter 3 Transmission Of HIV From Dendritic Cells To CD4+ T Cells: A Promising Target For Vaccination And Therapeutic Intervention

Chapter 4 The Globalization-AIDS-Poverty Syndrome In Africa1

Chapter 5 Youth Sexuality in the Context Of HIV/AIDS In South Africa

Chapter 6 Vitamin E in the context of HIV disease: current knowledge and perspectives

Chapter 7 CCR5 gene expression and polymorphism as potential prognostic markers of the outcome of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

- Chapter 8 Emerging roles of SDF-1α -CXCR4 axis in vertebrate development

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-60876-480-X

OCLC:

923657722