AIDS and HIV in Perspective
AIDS and HIV in Perspective
$72.99
USDA new edition of Dr Schoub's informative and lucid account brings the reader up to date on our current understanding of the natural history of HIV infection, new approaches to management of infection and disease and improvements in diagnostic capabilities. This popular book, aimed at the general reader, bridges the gap between specialist science literature and basic educational material available to the general public. Helpful and informative diagrams are adeptly utilised to explain the basic biology of the HIV virus and the immune system which it so lethally undermines. As well as exploring the complex social, legal and ethical issues surrounding infection, Professor Schoub looks ahead to the prospects for a vaccine. A valuable handbook for all those in search of a better understanding of HIV infection and its consequences.
- Popular, informative and lucid account
- Adeptly illustrated for ease of use by the lay reader
- Comprehensive and up to date
Reviews & endorsements
"Well-researched, easy to understand, Schoub's book outlines in detail the discovery of the disease and several hypotheses about why it might have festered." Publishers Weekly
"...recommended as an attractive, readable, and non-controversial guide. Coverage by the author, a South African virologist, is comprehensive, and his views on the disease in developing countries are particularly useful." British Medical Journal
"The book is well written, very readable, and includes many interesting and multifaceted discussions of the AIDS problem..." Quarterly Review of Biology
"...a lucid and informative account to bring the reader up to date on the major advances in the current understanding of HIV infection and its control. [Schoub] uses clear language and helpful diagrams to explain the basic biology of HIV and of the immune system as a whole." Choice
"This excellent book had outstanding reviews when its first edition was published. This second edition provides up to date information on the major advances of HIV infection and its control. It uses clear language and descriptive diagrams to explain the basic biology of the HIV virus and the immune system that it so lethally undermines. The outstanding value of this book is the way it has bridged the gap between the scientific literature and the public educational materials that are now available...This is a highly recommended book for all libraries." AIDS Book Review Journal
Product details
June 1999Paperback
9780521627665
296 pages
228 × 153 × 17 mm
0.46kg
58 b/w illus. 2 tables
Out of stock in print form with no current plan to reprint
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. What is AIDS and how does it manifest itself?
- 3. The AIDS virus
- 4. The disease mechanisms of HIV
- 5. The transmission of HIV infection
- 6. The AIDS test
- 7. The anti-AIDS drugs
- 8. The quest for the AIDS vaccine
- 9. The ethics of AIDS
- 10. Measuring the dimensions of the AIDS epidemic - AIDS epidemiology
- 11. Conclusion - outlook for the future.
