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9780393316360

The AmFAR AIDS Handbook The Complete Guide to Understanding HIV and AIDS

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  • ISBN13:

    9780393316360

  • ISBN10:

    039331636X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1998-11-17
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Summary

From the leading foundation for AIDS research, a comprehensive guide to help readers understand the complexities of HIV/AIDS and provide the latest information on combination therapy. The AmFAR AIDS Handbook picks up where other books on AIDS leave off. It is the book you will turn to for a greater understanding of this disease, its causes and effects, and what new treatment options are being developed. How is HIV transmitted? When should antiviral treatment begin? Should treatment ever be stopped? How do protease inhibitors work? How does the disease differ in men, women, and children? This guide incorporates the latest research findings-including those on combination drug therapy-and answers all your questions in language comprehensible to nonscientists. AmFAR (American Foundation for AIDS Research) is the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to the support of laboratory and clinical research on AIDS, AIDS prevention, and advocacy for sound AIDS-related public policy. It has given out over $140 million to more than 1700 research teams. Elizabeth Taylor is the founding national chairman and Dr. Mathilde Krim is the founding co-chair and chairman of the board.

Author Biography

Darrell E. Ward is the senior medical writer for the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Ohio State University.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Foreword and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Abbreviations and Conventions Used in This Book
What you Need to Know about HIV/AIDS
Diagnosis of HIV Infection and Initial Physician Carep. 3
Testing for HIVp. 17
Transmission of HIVp. 35
HIV Infection and the Course of HIV Diseasep. 49
Treatment of HIV Diseasep. 68
Clinical Trials and Drug Development for HIV Diseasep. 104
Opportunistic Infections and HIV Diseasep. 122
Cancer and HIVp. 161
Prevention of HIV Infectionp. 174
Vaccines Against HIV Infectionp. 199
Women and HIV Diseasep. 214
Children and HIV Diseasep. 229
Living with HIV Diseasep. 254
The Medical Science of HIV/AIDS
The Cellp. 279
DNA, RNA, and Protein Synthesisp. 287
The Immune System: An Overviewp. 306
Viruses: An Overviewp. 329
The Human Immunodeficiency Virusp. 343
Genes and Gene Regulation in HIVp. 361
The Emergence and Early Years of the HIV/AIDS Epidemicp. 366
Evidence that HIV is the Cause of AIDSp. 386
Glossaryp. 391
More Information about HIV/AIDSp. 432
The 1993 Classification System for HIV/AIDSp. 445
Indexp. 451
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