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" HIV/AIDS / "
Consuelo M. Beck-Sague, Caridad Beck.
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BL
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953827
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b708197
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| Main Entry
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Beck-Sague, Consuelo M.,1952-
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HIV/AIDS /\ Consuelo M. Beck-Sague, Caridad Beck.
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Philadelphia :: Chelsea House Publishers,, ©2004.
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Deadly diseases and epidemics
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165 pages :: color illustrations ;; 24 cm.
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0791077179
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: 9780791077177
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Includes bibliographical references (page 152) and index.
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| Contents
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History of the epidemic in the United States -- HIV pandemic: a world of difference -- The virus -- From infection to death: how HIV causes AIDS -- Diagnosing HIV infection and AIDS -- Treating HIV infection with antiretroviral drugs -- Preventing HIV infection and AIDS -- Future of HIV/AIDS -- Conclusion.
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Since its emergence in the United States in the 1980s, AIDS, and its precursor HIV, has been a growing epidemic.
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AIDS (Disease)
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AIDS (Disease)
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616.97/92
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RC606.6.B43 2004
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616.9792 B393h
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Beck, Caridad,1983-
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