ABC of HIV and AIDS / edited by Michael W. Adler ... [et al.].

• Superior document: ABC series
• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Adler, Michael W.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: 6th ed.
• Language: English
• Series: ABC series (Malden, Mass.)
• Physical Description: ix, 132 p. :; ill. (chiefly col.).
• Notes: Rev. ed. of: ABC of AIDS / edited by Michael W. Adler. 5th ed. 2001.

Table of Contents

Development of the epidemic / Binta Sultan and Michael W. Adler -- Immunology of HIV1 infection / Mahdad Noursadeghi and Deenan Pillay -- Viral assays used in the diagnosis and management of HIV infection / Anna Maria Geretti and Paola Vitiello -- HIV testing: strategies to prevent late diagnosis / Adrian Palfreeman and Emma Fox -- Clinical staging and natural history of untreated HIV infection / Melinda Tenant-Flowers and Adrian Mindel -- Routine assessment and follow-up of the newly diagnosed HIV-positive individual / Laura Waters and David Asboe -- Tumours in HIV / Mark Bower -- The lung and HIV / Sarah Doffman and Robert F. Miller -- HIV and tuberculosis co-infection / Felicity Perrin, Ronan Breen, and Marc Lipman -- The gut and HIV / Brian Gazzard and Mark Nelson -- Viral hepatitis and liver disease / Richard Gilson and Huw Price -- Neurological manifestations / Hadi Manji and Robert F. Miller -- The eye and HIV / Christine Younan, William Lynn, and Sue Lightman -- The skin and HIV / Rachael Morris-Jones and Elisabeth Higgins -- The kidney and HIV / John Booth and John Connelly -- STIs and HIV / Patrick French -- Women and HIV / Chris Wilkinson and Danielle Mercey -- HIV infection in children / Paddy McMaster and Suzy Stokes -- Antiretroviral drugs / Paul Benn, Gulshan Sethi, and Ian G. Williams -- Pharmacopoeia of treatments / June Minton, Gulshan Sethi, and Simon G. Edwards -- Psychological and mental health issues / Barbara Hedge -- Strategies for preventing HIV transmission / John Imrie and Graham J. Hart -- Patient and community perspective / Garry Brough and and Namatovu Lubega -- The role of patient engagement / Christopher Sandford.