AIDS update 2012 : an annual overview of acquired immune deficiency syndrome by Stine, Gerald James instant download

AIDS update 2012 : an annual overview of acquired immune deficiency syndrome by Stine, Gerald James instant download

xxvii, 525 pages : 23 cm, Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-493) and index, About the author -- Thirty years of HIV/AIDS and counting: a humanitarian crisis -- AIDS UPDATE 2012 -- INTRODUCTION: History of global pandemics, AIDS, its place in history, overview of HIV/AIDS, international AIDS conferences and means of remembering: the AIDS quilt, candlelight memorial, and World AIDS Day -- AIDS: defining the disease anf finding the cause -- What causes AIDS: origin of the AIDS virus --Biological characteristics of HIV -- Anti-HIV therapy -- The immunology of HIV disease/AIDS -- Opportunistic infections and cancers associated with HIV Disease/AIDS -- A profile of biiological indicators for HIV Disease, progression to AIDS, and hope -- Epidemiology and transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus -- Preventing the transmission of HIV -- Prevalence of HIV Infections, AIDS cases, and deaths among selected groups in the United States and in other countries -- Prevalence of HIV Infection and AIDS cases among women and children -- Prevalence of HIV Infection and AIDS among young adults, ages 13 to 24 --Testing for Human Immunodeficiency Virus -- AIDS and society: knowledge, attitudes, and behavior -- Answers to review questions -- Glossary