AIDS and Other Manifestations of HIV Infection || Infection Control Considerations to Prevent HIV Transmission in Healthcare Settings

✍ Scribed by Chiarello, Linda A.

• Book ID: 120484542
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 119 KB
• Edition: 4
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 0127640517
• DOI: 10.1016/B978-012764051-8/50031-7

✦ Synopsis

Extensively revised and updated, the new edition of AIDS and Other Manifestations of HIV Infection is an essential reference resource providing a comprehensive overview of the biological properties of this etiologic viral agent, its clinicopathological manifestations, the epidemiology of its infection, and present and future therapeutic options.

New to this Edition:
* Expanded section on clinical manifestations includes new chapters on cardiovascular, renal and dermatologic manifestations of HIV infection
* Additional chapters on molecular diagnostic techniques, the role of host genetic variation in HIV infection and its manifestations, the discovery and development of new HIV medicines, analysis of HIV dynamics using mathematical models, toxicities of antiretroviral therapy, HIV drug susceptibility testing, practical therapeutics and the global impact of HIV and AIDS