HIV and AIDS: Basic Elements and Priorities

Description

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. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Prologue....Pages 3-26 Fundamentals of Immunity....Pages 27-38 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)....Pages 39-54 Social and Environmental Factors....Pages 55-65 Immunopathology....Pages 67-78 Natural History of HIV Infection....Pages 79-83 Infection Control Methods....Pages 85-119 Front Matter....Pages 122-122 Case Definitions....Pages 123-127 Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV Infection....Pages 129-142 Laboratory Diagnosis of Common Reproductive Tract and Sexually Transmitted Infections....Pages 143-158 Front Matter....Pages 160-160 Accidental Occupational Exposure....Pages 161-170 HIV-Related Neurological Disorders....Pages 171-176 HIV-Related Psychological Disorders....Pages 177-181 Co-Infection with HIV and Tuberculosis....Pages 183-198 Sexually transmitted infections....Pages 199-210 Antiretroviral Therapy....Pages 211-249 Traditional ethnomedicinal systems and alternative therapies....Pages 251-271 Front Matter....Pages 274-274 Strategies for Prevention and Control....Pages 275-285 Surveillance for HIV....Pages 287-295 Counselling....Pages 297-312 Front Matter....Pages 274-274 Voluntary Counselling and Testing Services....Pages 313-321 Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission....Pages 323-335 Human Rights, Legal, and Ethical Issues....Pages 337-353 Role of Health Care Providers....Pages 355-360 Preventive HIV Vaccine....Pages 361-371 Response to the HIV Epidemic in India....Pages 373-382 Response to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Thailand....Pages 383-386 Response to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in China....Pages 387-393 Epilogue....Pages 395-406 Back Matter....Pages 407-414