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AIDS: The Biological Basis,9780763702380
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AIDS: The Biological Basis


Edition: 3rd
Author(s): Alcamo, I. Edward
ISBN10:  0763702382
ISBN13:  9780763702380
Format:  Hardcover
Pub. Date:  5/1/2003
Publisher(s): Jones & Bartlett

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Table of Contents
Preface
The AIDS Epidemic
2(28)
Looking Ahead
2(1)
Introduction
2(1)
The Early Years
3(10)
The First Observations
3(5)
The Breakthrough
8(2)
Another AIDS Virus
10(2)
A Pandemic
12(1)
Origin of the AIDS Epidemic
13(8)
The Origin of HIV
14(2)
The Jump to Humans
16(2)
Out of Africa
18(1)
Entry into the United States
19(2)
The First Decades and Beyond
21(4)
Two Decades of AIDS
21(3)
AIDS in the Twenty-First Century
24(1)
Looking Back
25(5)
Viruses and HIV
30(28)
Looking Ahead
30(1)
Introduction
30(1)
Structure of Viruses and HIV
31(5)
Replication of Viruses and HIV
36(12)
Adsorption
37(3)
Penetration and Infection
40(2)
Lysogeny of HIV
42(2)
HIV Activation and Release
44(1)
Cell Destruction
45(3)
The HIV Genome
48(3)
Nine Genes
48(2)
Three Groups of HIV
50(1)
Inhibiting Viruses
51(2)
Looking Back
53(5)
The Immune System and HIV
58(26)
Looking Ahead
58(1)
Introduction
58(2)
Development of the Immune System
60(4)
Antigens
64(1)
The Immune Process
65(6)
Cell-Mediated Immunity
65(3)
Antibody-Mediated Immunity
68(3)
HIV and the Immune System
71(9)
The Focus of HIV
74(3)
The Effects of HIV
77(3)
Looking Back
80(4)
Defining and Recognizing AIDS
84(30)
Looking Ahead
84(1)
Introduction
84(1)
The Case Definition
85(1)
HIV Infection
86(4)
AIDS-Related Complex
90(4)
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
94(14)
The CDC Stages of Disease
95(2)
The Walter Reed Classification System
97(1)
HIV Wasting Syndrome
98(1)
AIDS-Dementia Complex
98(2)
Kaposi's Sarcoma
100(3)
Opportunistic Diseases
103(5)
Pediatric AIDS
108(3)
Looking Back
111(3)
The Epidemiology of AIDS
114(38)
Looking Ahead
114(1)
Introduction
114(1)
AIDS and the Epidemiologist
115(2)
The Spreading Epidemic
117(25)
The Fragility of HIV
120(1)
AIDS in Homosexual Men
121(3)
AIDS in Injection Drug Users
124(1)
AIDS in Heterosexuals
125(3)
AIDS in Women
128(2)
AIDS in Newborns
130(5)
AIDS in Africa
135(3)
AIDS in the World
138(3)
Other Transmission Methods
141(1)
How AIDS Is Not Transmitted
142(2)
Improbable Transmission
142(2)
The Mosquito Connection
144(1)
AIDS in Schools and Colleges
144(3)
Looking Back
147(5)
Preventing HIV Transmission
152(32)
Looking Ahead
152(1)
Introduction
152(1)
Personal Protection
153(9)
Safer Sex Practices
155(4)
For Injection Drug Users
159(3)
Protecting Health Care Workers
162(10)
Universal Precautions
163(1)
Invasive Procedures
164(1)
Dentistry
165(1)
Autopsy and Embalming
166(1)
Medical Laboratories
167(1)
Decontamination Procedures
168(1)
Exposures to HIV
169(3)
Protecting Public Safety Workers
172(5)
Fire and Emergency Medical Services
173(2)
Law Enforcement Officers
175(2)
AIDS Education in the Schools
177(2)
Looking Back
179(5)
HIV Testing and Diagnosis
184(28)
Looking Ahead
184(1)
Introduction
184(1)
HIV Antibody Tests
185(10)
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)
186(2)
Western Blot Analysis
188(3)
False Positives and Negatives
191(2)
Other Antibody Tests
193(1)
Home and Simplified Tests
194(1)
HIV Antigen (Viral Load) Tests
195(7)
Gene Probes
196(1)
The Polymerase Chain Reaction
197(3)
Advantages of the Viral Load Test
200(2)
Protein and T-Lymphocyte Tests
202(1)
Implications of HIV Testing
202(5)
Mandatory Testing
204(1)
Voluntary Testing
205(2)
Looking Back
207(5)
Treating HIV Infection and AIDS
212(48)
Looking Ahead
212(1)
Introduction
213(1)
General Principles of AIDS Treatment
214(6)
Objectives of Therapeutic Drugs
214(2)
Approaches to Drug Therapy
216(2)
Mutations and Other Considerations
218(2)
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
220(10)
Azidothymidine (AZT)
223(4)
Other Dideoxynucleosides
227(2)
Nonnucleoside Analogs
229(1)
Other Therapeutic Agents
230(15)
Protease Inhibitors
230(3)
Fusion Inhibitors
233(4)
Entry Inhibitors
237(1)
Interleukin-2
238(1)
Antisense Molecules
239(1)
Miscellaneous Therapeutic Agents
240(3)
Postexposure Prophylaxis
243(2)
Treating Opportunistic Diseases
245(2)
Pentamidine Isethionate
245(1)
Other Drugs
246(1)
Drug Development and Testing
247(4)
Drug Trials
248(3)
Key Questions about Drug Testing
251(1)
Alternative Therapies
251(4)
Bone Marrow Transplants
252(1)
Gene Therapy
253(1)
Thinking Well
254(1)
Looking Back
255(5)
An AIDS Vaccine
260(28)
Looking Ahead
260(1)
Introduction
260(2)
General Vaccine Strategies
262(3)
Types of Vaccine
263(2)
AIDS Vaccine Strategies
265(7)
Sterilizing and Therapeutic Vaccines
266(1)
AIDS Subunit Vaccines
267(4)
Viable-Vector Vaccines
271(1)
A Whole-Virus Vaccine
272(3)
DNA Vaccines
274(1)
Problems in Vaccine Development
275(2)
Complexity of HIV
275(1)
Economic Issues
276(1)
Lack of Animal Models
277(2)
Vaccine Trials
279(4)
Issues to Consider
280(2)
The Race to Vaccine
282(1)
Looking Back
283(5)
AIDS in Perspective
288(28)
Looking Ahead
288(1)
Introduction
288(1)
AIDS and Society
289(16)
AIDS in the Workplace
292(3)
Legal Issues
295(3)
Economic Issues
298(5)
AIDS and Medical Professionals
303(2)
Caring for the AIDS Patient
305(2)
Education and Terminology
306(1)
Home Care
306(1)
The Future of AIDS
307(4)
The Complexity of AIDS
308(2)
The Lessons of AIDS
310(1)
Looking Back
311(5)
Appendix A Answers to Review Questions 316(1)
Appendix B A Suggested Format for a 10-Session Course: The Biological Basis of AIDS 317(2)
Pronunciation Guide 319(2)
Glossary 321(7)
Index 328

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