HIV and Aids:: Basic Elements and Priorities

ISBN-13: 9789048174454 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 418 str.

S. Kartikeyan; R. N. Bharmal; R. P. Tiwari

Opis

In June 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first evidence of a new disease that would later become known as Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). HIV and AIDS: Basic Elements and Priorities is a concise collection of all aspects of this disease, and is a source of readily available knowledge. All currently advocated preventive measures such as health education, condom use, safer sex practices, and treatment of sexually transmitted infections have been incorporated. The key elements of this volume are: - up-to-date information on multiple dimensions of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, - discusses new anti retroviral therapy / drugs, new drugs under clinical trials and preventive HIV vaccine, - covers current ethical, legal and social issues related to HIV/AIDS, - evaluates general public awareness about HIV/AIDS, - includes a global perspective and information about HIV/AIDS. This volume is an excellent reference for science graduates and post graduates, medical students, research scholars and scientists across the world.
This book is recommended by the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region Office (WHO-EMRO) as a basic resource for medical faculty libraries."

Recenzje

This book is recommended by the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region Office (WHO-EMRO) as a basic resource for medical faculty libraries.

 

Spis treści

Preface SECTION ONE – FUNDAMENTALS 1 Prologue 2 Fundamentals of immunity 3 Human immunodeficiency virus 4 Social and environmental factors 5 Immunopathology 6 Natural history of HIV infection 7 Infection control methods SECTION TWO – DIAGNOSTIC ASPECTS 8 Case definitions 9 Laboratory diagnosis of HIV infection 10 Laboratory diagnosis of common reproductive tract and sexually transmitted infections SECTION THREE – CLINICAL ASPECTS 11 Accidental occupational exposure to HIV 12 HIV-related neurological disorders 13 HIV-related psychological disorders 14 Co-infection with HIV and Tuberculosis 15 Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) 16 Anti-retroviral therapy (ART) 17 Traditional ethno-medical systems & alternative therapies SECTION FOUR – PREVENTION AND CONTROL 18 Strategies for prevention and control 19 Surveillance for HIV 20 Counselling 21 Voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) services 22 Prevention of Mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) 23 Human rights, legal and ethical issues 24 Role of health care providers 25 Preventive HIV vaccine 26 Response to the HIV epidemic in India 27 Response to the HIV epidemic in Thailand 28 Response to the HIV epidemic in China 29 Epilogue Index