Reseña o resumen
One of the bestselling titles in the world famous ABC series with contributions from internationally respected experts. This is an authoritative guide to the epidemiology, incidence and most up to date management of HIV/AIDS.
1 Development of the epidemic
Binta Sultan and Michael W. Adler
2 Immunology of HIV-1 infection
Mahdad Noursadeghi and Deenan Pillay
3 Viral assays used in the diagnosis and management of HIV infection
Anna Maria Geretti and Paola Vitiello
4 HIV testing: strategies to prevent late diagnosis
Adrian Palfreeman and Emma Fox
5 Clinical staging and natural history of untreated HIV infection
Melinda Tenant-Flowers and Adrian Mindel
6 Routine assessment and follow-up of the newly diagnosed HIV-positive individual
Laura Waters and David Asboe
7 Tumours in HIV
Mark Bower
8 The Lung and HIV
Sarah Doffman and Robert F Miller
9 HIV and Tuberculosis Co-Infection
Felicity Perrin, Ronan Breen and Marc Lipman
10 The Gut and HIV
Brian Gazzard and Mark Nelson
11 Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease
Richard Gilson and Huw Price
12 Neurological manifestations
Hadi Manji and Robert F Miller
13 The eye and HIV
Christine Younan, William Lynn and Sue Lightman
14 The skin and HIV
Rachael Morris-Jones and Elisabeth Higgins
15 The kidney and HIV
John Booth and John Connelly
16 STIs and HIV
Patrick French
17 Women and HIV
Chris Wilkinson and Danielle Mercey
18 HIV infection in children
Paddy McMaster and Suzy Stokes
19 Antiretroviral drugs
Paul Benn, Gulshan Sethi and Ian G Williams
20 Pharmacopoeia of treatments
June Minton, Gulshan Sethi and Simon G. Edwards
21 Psychological and mental health issues
Barbara Hedge
22 Strategies for preventing HIV transmission
John Imrie and Graham J Hart
23 Patient and community perspective
Garry Brough and and Namatovu Lubega
24 The role of patient engagement
Christopher Sandford
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