Aids and Hiv in Perspective - A Guide to Understanding the Virus and Its Consequences

Klappentext A new edition of this popular and informative guide to understanding HIV and AIDS. Zusammenfassung A new edition of Dr Schoub's popular and informative account brings the reader up to date on our current understanding and management of HIV and AIDS. Aimed at the general reader it is adeptly illustrated and bridges the gap between specialist science literature and basic public educational material. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. What is AIDS and how does it manifest itself?; 3. The AIDS virus; 4. The disease mechanisms of HIV; 5. The transmission of HIV infection; 6. The AIDS test; 7. The anti-AIDS drugs; 8. The quest for the AIDS vaccine; 9. The ethics of AIDS; 10. Measuring the dimensions of the AIDS epidemic - AIDS epidemiology; 11. Conclusion - outlook for the future.

Product details

• Authors: B. D. Schoub, Barry D. Schoub, Barry D. (National Institute of Virology) Schoub
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.06.1999
• EAN: 9780521627665
• ISBN: 978-0-521-62766-5
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Guides > Health > Illnesses, therapies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General