AIDS & HIV in perspective : a guide to understanding the virus and its consequences /

The second edition of Dr Schoub's popular account brings the reader up-to-date on our current understanding of the natural history of HIV infection, new approaches to management of infection and improvements in diagnostic capabilities.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schoub, B. D.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, England ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • What is AIDS and how does it manifest itself?
  • The AIDS virus
  • The disease mechanisms of HIV
  • The transmission of HIV infection
  • The AIDS test
  • The anti-AIDS drugs
  • The quest for the HIV vaccine
  • The ethics of AIDS
  • Measuring the dimensions of the AIDS epidemic
  • AIDS epidemiology
  • Conclusion
  • outlook for the future.