HIV and AIDS : Basic Elements and Priorities
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : S Kartikeyan; R N Bharmal; R P Tiwari; P S Bisen
- ناشر : Dordrecht : Springer
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2007
- شابک / ISBN : 9781402057892
Description
Front Matter; Prologue; Fundamentals of Immunity; Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV); Social and Environmental Factors; Immunopathology; Natural History of HIV Infection; Infection Control Methods; Case Definitions; Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV Infection; Laboratory Diagnosis of Common Reproductive Tract and Sexually Transmitted Infections; Accidental Occupational Exposure; HIV-Related Neurological Disorders; HIV-Related Psychological Disorders; Co-Infection with HIV and Tuberculosis; Sexually transmitted infections; Antiretroviral Therapy. Traditional ethnomedicinal systems and alternative therapiesStrategies for Prevention and Control; Surveillance for HIV; Counselling; Voluntary Counselling and Testing Services; Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission; Human Rights, Legal, and Ethical Issues; Role of Health Care Providers; Preventive HIV Vaccine; Response to the HIV Epidemic in India; Response to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Thailand; Response to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in China; Epilogue; Back Matter.
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 HI
