AIDS update 2013 : an annual overview of acquired immune deficiency syndrome by Stine, Gerald James instant download

AIDS update 2013 : an annual overview of acquired immune deficiency syndrome by Stine, Gerald James instant download

xxix, 523 pages : 23 cm, About the author -- AIDS update 2013 -- Thirty two years of HIV/AIDS and counting : a humanitarian crisis -- Preface -- Introduction : histories 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 and finding its 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 biological 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 select 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, Includes bibliographical references (pages 482-496) and index