Volberding, Paul A. text Elsevier/Saunders 2012 2nd ed monographic eng

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xv.;580 p. : ills.,index; Contents: The global epidemiology of HIV/AIDS -- The origins and diversification of HIV -- Molecular biology of HIV: implications for new therapies -- The immune response to HIV -- Viral and host determinants of HIV-1 disease progression -- Acute HIV infection -- Biology of HIV-1 transmission -- The design of a global HIV vaccine -- HIV prevention -- Laboratory testing for HIV infection -- Overview of antiretroviral therapy -- Development and transmission of HIV drug resistance -- Pharmacology of antiretroviral drugs -- Complications resulting from antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection -- Oral complications of HIV infection -- Ocular manifestations of AIDS -- Global HIV and dermatology -- Gastrointestinal disorders in HIV including diarrhea -- Primary neurological manifestation of HIV/AIDS -- Psychiatric barriers and the international AIDS epidemic -- Cardiovascular complications of HIV infection -- Endocrine complications of HIV infection -- Renal complications of HIV infection -- Pneumocystis pneumonias -- Other HIV-related pneumonias -- HIV-associated tuberculosis -- Disseminated mychobacterium avium complex and other atypical michobacterial infections -- Candida in HIV infection -- Cryptococcosis and other fungal infections (histoplasmosis and coccidiodomycosis) in HIV-infected patients -- Infections due to penicillium marneffei -- AIDS-associated toxoplasmosis -- Hepatitis virus infections --Bartonella infections in HIV-infected individuals -- Management of herpesvirus infections (cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex virus,and varicella-zoster virus) -- HIV-associated malignancies -- STDs and syphilis -- Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 -- Managing HIV infection in children and adolescents -- Special issues regarding women HIV infection -- HIV disease among substance users: treatment issues -- The HIV-infected international traveler Including bibliographical references and index HIV/AIDS medicine Management of AIDS RA643.8.S22 9781455706952 240823 20240823180956.0