ABC of HIV and AIDS / edited by Michael W. Adler ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Adler, Michael W.

Series:

ABC series (Malden, Mass.)

ABC series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AIDS (Disease).

HIV infections.

HIV/AIDS.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (148 p.)

Edition:

6th ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex [England] : Blackwell Pub., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An authoritative guide to the epidemiology, incidence, testing and diagnosis and management of HIV and AIDS. From an international expert editor and contributor team, this new sixth edition includes expanded coverage of HIV testing, assessment and routine follow up and new chapters outlining problematic conditions associated with HIV and AIDS. Prevention strategies, early diagnosis and antiretroviral drugs and pharmacotherapy are covered in detail as well as children and women with HIV. It also addresses key psychological and mental health issues, patient perspectives and the role of

Contents:

Development of the epidemic / Binta Sultan and Michael W. Adler

Immunology of HIV1 infection / Mahdad Noursadeghi and Deenan Pillay

Viral assays used in the diagnosis and management of HIV infection / Anna Maria Geretti and Paola Vitiello

HIV testing: strategies to prevent late diagnosis / Adrian Palfreeman and Emma Fox

Clinical staging and natural history of untreated HIV infection / Melinda Tenant-Flowers and Adrian Mindel

Routine assessment and follow-up of the newly diagnosed HIV-positive individual / Laura Waters and David Asboe

Tumours in HIV / Mark Bower

The lung and HIV / Sarah Doffman and Robert F. Miller

HIV and tuberculosis co-infection / Felicity Perrin, Ronan Breen, and Marc Lipman

The gut and HIV / Brian Gazzard and Mark Nelson

Viral hepatitis and liver disease / Richard Gilson and Huw Price

Neurological manifestations / Hadi Manji and Robert F. Miller

The eye and HIV / Christine Younan, William Lynn, and Sue Lightman

The skin and HIV / Rachael Morris-Jones and Elisabeth Higgins

The kidney and HIV / John Booth and John Connelly

STIs and HIV / Patrick French

Women and HIV / Chris Wilkinson and Danielle Mercey

HIV infection in children / Paddy McMaster and Suzy Stokes

Antiretroviral drugs / Paul Benn, Gulshan Sethi, and Ian G. Williams

Pharmacopoeia of treatments / June Minton, Gulshan Sethi, and Simon G. Edwards

Psychological and mental health issues / Barbara Hedge

Strategies for preventing HIV transmission / John Imrie and Graham J. Hart

Patient and community perspective / Garry Brough and and Namatovu Lubega

The role of patient engagement / Christopher Sandford.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: ABC of AIDS / edited by Michael W. Adler. 5th ed. 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781784021030

1784021032

9781118425800

1118425804

OCLC:

797916836