ABC of HIV and AIDS [electronic resource] / edited by Michael W. Adler ... [et al.]. - 6th ed. - Chichester, West Sussex [England] : Blackwell Pub., 2012. - ix, 132 p. : ill. (chiefly col.). - ABC series . - ABC series (Malden, Mass.) .

Rev. ed. of: ABC of AIDS / edited by Michael W. Adler. 5th ed. 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Development of the epidemic / Binta Sultan and Michael W. Adler -- Immunology of HIV1 infection / Mahdad Noursadeghi and Deenan Pillay -- Viral assays used in the diagnosis and management of HIV infection / Anna Maria Geretti and Paola Vitiello -- HIV testing: strategies to prevent late diagnosis / Adrian Palfreeman and Emma Fox -- Clinical staging and natural history of untreated HIV infection / Melinda Tenant-Flowers and Adrian Mindel -- Routine assessment and follow-up of the newly diagnosed HIV-positive individual / Laura Waters and David Asboe -- Tumours in HIV / Mark Bower -- The lung and HIV / Sarah Doffman and Robert F. Miller -- HIV and tuberculosis co-infection / Felicity Perrin, Ronan Breen, and Marc Lipman -- The gut and HIV / Brian Gazzard and Mark Nelson -- Viral hepatitis and liver disease / Richard Gilson and Huw Price -- Neurological manifestations / Hadi Manji and Robert F. Miller -- The eye and HIV / Christine Younan, William Lynn, and Sue Lightman -- The skin and HIV / Rachael Morris-Jones and Elisabeth Higgins -- The kidney and HIV / John Booth and John Connelly -- STIs and HIV / Patrick French -- Women and HIV / Chris Wilkinson and Danielle Mercey -- HIV infection in children / Paddy McMaster and Suzy Stokes -- Antiretroviral drugs / Paul Benn, Gulshan Sethi, and Ian G. Williams -- Pharmacopoeia of treatments / June Minton, Gulshan Sethi, and Simon G. Edwards -- Psychological and mental health issues / Barbara Hedge -- Strategies for preventing HIV transmission / John Imrie and Graham J. Hart -- Patient and community perspective / Garry Brough and and Namatovu Lubega -- The role of patient engagement / Christopher Sandford.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9781118425800 (electronic bk.)




AIDS (Disease)
HIV infections.


Electronic books.

RC606.6 / .A23 2012

616.97/92