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600787
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GBA796403b430006
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Global HIV/AIDS medicine /\ edited by Paul A. Volberding ... [et al.]
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| Publication Statement
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Philadelphia, Pa. :: Saunders Elsevier,, c2008
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xx, 830 p. :: ill., maps ;; 28 cm
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9781416028826 (pbk.)
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: 141602882X (pbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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The global epidemiology of HIV/AIDS -- The origins and diversification of HIV -- Molecular biology of HIV: implications for new therapies -- The immune response to HIV -- Viral and host determinants of HIV-1 disease progression -- Acute HIV infection -- Biology of HIV-1 transmission -- The design of a global AIDS vaccine -- HIV prevention -- Laboratory testing for HIV infection -- Testing and counseling -- New HIV drug development -- Overview of antiretroviral therapy -- Development and transmission of HIV drug resistance -- Clinical implications of HIV fitness and virulence -- Pharmacology of antiretroviral drugs -- Complications resulting from antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection -- HIV immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome -- Adherence to HIV antiretrovial therapy in resource-limited settings -- Oral complications of HIV infection --Ocular manifestations -- Global HIV dermatology -- Gastrointestinal disorders in HIV -- Primary neurological manifestation of HIV/AIDS -- Psychiatric barriers and the international AIDS epidemic -- Cardiovascular complications of HIV infection -- Endocrine complications of HIV infection -- Renal complications of HIV infection -- Pneumocystis pneumonia -- Other HIV-related pneumonias -- HIV-associated tuberculosis -- Disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex and other atypical mycobacterial infections -- Candida in HIV infection -- Cryptococcosis and other fungal infections (Histoplasmosis and Coccidioidomycosis) in HIV-infected patients -- Infection due to Penicillium marneffei -- AIDS-associated toxoplasmosis -- Hepatitis virus infections -- Bartonella infections in HIV-infected individuals -- Management of Herpesvirus infections (Cytomegalovirus, Herpes Simplex virus, and Varicella-Zoster virus) -- HIV-associated neoplasia -- Managing HIV infection in children and adolescents --
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Special issues regarding women with HIV infection -- Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 -- HIV disease among substance users: treatment issues -- Models of care: HIV care in the urban USA -- Antiretrovial therapy of drug-resistant HIV -- Complementary and alternative medicine -- The HIV-infected international traveler -- HIV transmission and its prevention in Africa -- HIV transmission and its prevention in Asia -- HIV transmission and its prevention in Eastern Europe -- Vaginal microbicides against HIV -- Implications and management of malnutrition -- Antiretroviral therapy in resource-poor settings: challenges, research priorities, oppportunities -- Antiretroviral treatment and follow-up of HIV-infected children in resource-limited settings -- Epidemiology, natural history and treatment of HIV-2 infections -- Affordable CD4 T-cell enumeration and HIV/AIDS viral load monitoring in resource-poor settings -- Essential medicines for HIV/AIDS -- Pharmacoeceonomics of HIV/AIDS treatment -- Logistics and models of implementing HAART in resource-constrained settings -- Universal access to antiretroviral therapy: the Brazilian experience -- Surveillance of antiretroviral drug resistance in resource-poor settings -- Post-exposure prevention -- Selected NGOs active in HIV and web links -- Etiology and management of diarrhea in HIV-infected patients and impact on antiretroviral therapy -- Malaria and HIV infection -- The role of unsterile injections in the HIV pandemic -- The economic impact of HIV/AIDS in developing countries: systematic under-estimation - The long wave of HIV/AIDS: a special case of pathogen-host-environment interactions -- The growing problem of AIDS orphans -- International funding mechanisms for AIDS care and prevention
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HIV infections
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HIV infections-- Treatment
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HIV infections-- Treatment-- Developing countries
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HIV infections-- Government policy
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HIV infections-- Epidemiology
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome-- prevention control
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome-- therapy
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HIV Infections-- prevention control
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HIV Infections-- epidemiology
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HIV Infections-- therapy
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HIV Infections-- economics
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Social Problems
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| Dewey Classification
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616.979206
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| Added Entry
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Volberding, Paul
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