AIDS Hardback
Edited by Sigall K. Bell, Kevin J. Selby, Courtney McMickens
Part of the Biographies of Disease series
Hardback
Description
This comprehensive review examines the biological, medical, social, historical, and political aspects of HIV/AIDS. In AIDS, three Harvard-educated physicians explore the evolution of the HIV epidemic, contextualizing the disease from historical, social, and medical perspectives.
Addressing the last 25 years, the book examines basic biological principles, including what a virus is, how the human immune system works, and how HIV impairs these functions.
It presents an in-depth discussion of the HIV life cycle, explores central issues pertaining to diagnosis and treatment, and sheds light on how the treatment was developed and implemented. The book also reviews global epidemiology of HIV/AIDS and principles of transmission, as well as what comprises an epidemic and the factors that determine whether an infectious outbreak will propagate or die out.
Finally, it looks at where HIV came from; early reactions to the disease and the social stigma it engendered; the cultural impact of HIV-positive role models; and the global economic, population, and political effects of this illness.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:176 pages, 20 bw illus
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication Date:18/05/2011
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- ISBN:9780313376825
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:176 pages, 20 bw illus
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication Date:18/05/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9780313376825
