The essential work in hiv for providers and pharmacists updated with everything they need to know in 2019. This new book is the first to address the myriad of clinical difficulties faced by. Aidshiv information plus reference series wexler, barbara on. Science tracer bullets research finding aids from the library of. Hiv is spreading rapidly, and effective treatments continue to elude. Hivaids management poses many different challenges around the world, and the. Best books about hivaids fiction and nonfiction 262. The hivbook is a medical textbook that follows the concept of being independent, easy to read, and freely available on the internet. Jul 03, 2019 hiv is the virus that causes hiv infection. A guide to research information and library resources on many aspects of hiv aids. Hiv and aids stigma violates human rights in five african countries. It was developed as background material for a project, protecting the next generation.
Aids is a condition that can arise from an advanced stage of infection with hiv. Using graphs, charts, and maps, these slides provide surveillance data about hiv, aids, and the hiv continuum of care. Annotated bibliography on hiv and youth 5 this annotated bibliography summarizes research findings from studies specifically focused on youth and hiv aids in subsaharan africa since 1995. Acp medicine is a comprehensive, continually updated reference and continuing education service. Guidance on couples hiv testing and counselling including antiretroviral therapy for treatment and prevention in serodiscordant couples. Hiv is an abbreviation of human immunodeficiency virus.
Pubmedmedline over 27 million citations for biomedical literature from medline, life science journals, online books, and other resources. Aids stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. List of books and articles about hiv online research. Understanding hiv risk among youth, that is currently being carried out. This booklet aims to help you understand hiv aids more clearly by answering some of the questions that you may have and provide you with information on hiv aids as well as the aid for aids programme that is available to members living with hiv of contracted medical schemes and companies. Models of health promotion and education about hiv disease. This puts you at risk for serious infections and certain cancers. The final sections examine the treatment of hiv and aids, the politics of aids, mathematical modelling and a discussion on the future of aids in south africa. Politics, people, and the aids epidemic by randy shilts, tell the wolves im home by carol rifka br. Annotated bibliography on hivaids in subsaharan africa. A service of the national library of medicine, national institutes of health. Antiretroviral therapy for hiv infection in adults and adolescents. Hiv, human immunodeficiency virus, either of two closely related retroviruses that invade thelper lymphocytes and are responsible for aids. Hiv most often spreads through unprotected sex with a person who.
Bibliography and references the national academies press. The study offers research into the efficacy of hiv and aids communication strategies for adolescents, especially with regards to selected secondary schools in kenya. References antiretroviral therapy for hiv infection in adults. Role of drug treatment and rehabilitation on hivaids prevention and care. The height of the hivaids crisis, in 10 books electric. Hiv and aids, communication, and secondary education in kenya. And because i wanted to look at the undigested reality of those times, i decided not to include work about this era by contemporary authors writing from a retrospective distance. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers.
Gray rh, wawer mj, brookmeyer r, sewankambo nk, serwadda d, wabwiremangen f, lutalo t, li x, vancott t, quinn tc. It harms your immune system by destroying the white blood cells that fight infection. Hiv is a virus that lives in human blood, sexual fluids, and breast milk. The american journal of drug and alcohol abuse, volume 30, issue 1, 2004, pages 129153. Consortia privileges provide you with additional access to other research collections beyond fordhams holdings. Today, however, the vast majority of people around the globe have heard of it and most, if not all fear even the mention of it. Both hiv aids and injection drug use carry a strong stigma in the community, even among medical professionals. Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome hivaids is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus hiv. Hiv2, seen more often in western africa, has a slower course than hiv1.
Hiv is spread through contact with the blood, semen, preseminal fluid, rectal fluids, vaginal fluids, or breast milk of a person with hiv. Hivaids and substance use, 2010, substance abuse and mental health services administration. The concept of this book was developed by bernd sebastian kamps. How can hiv be prevented and treated in drugusing populations.
Jul 22, 2019 hiv fact sheets provide data about how hiv affects specific populations in the united states and information about hiv risk behaviors, prevention tools, testing, and more. Hiv1 is responsible for the vast majority of aids in the united states. Aids among older children and adolescents in southern africa. Hiv sequence databases searchable map of hiv, resistance, and immunology databases. Sep 08, 2005 hiv risk factors and prevention strategies, focal population groups and the impact of aids in all aspects of south african life are discussed in the following four sections. Assembled by the leading educational organization in hiv medicine, aahivms fundamentals of hiv medicine 2019 is an endtoend clinical resource for the treatment of individuals with hiv aids. The level of hiv aids awareness is generally poor among the general population but high among highrisk populations. Hivaids references national institute on drug abuse. Hiv is spreading rapidly, and effective treatments continue to elude science. An estimated 12 percent of new hiv infections each year are directly attributable to injection drug use. Sep 18, 2017 in compiling this list of hivaids literature, ive necessarily made a few choices. Following initial infection a person may not notice any symptoms, or may experience a brief period of influenzalike illness.
Aids corresponds to the most advanced stages of hiv infection and is related to the occurrence of one or more characteristic opportunistic infections or hivrelated cancers. Stochastic simulation of the impact of antiretroviral therapy and hiv vaccines on hiv transmission. Choose from used and new textbooks or get instant access with etextbooks and digital materials. We look at symptoms, progression, transmission, medication. Best books about hivaids fiction and nonfiction 262 books. It weakens your immune system, so your body has a hard time fighting off common germs, viruses, fungi, and other invaders. Acp medicine developed from webmd scientific american medicine, is the first comprehensive reference to carry the name of the american college of physicians. Aids research and human retroviruses mary ann liebert, inc. Aids research and human retroviruses was the very first aids publication in the field over 30 years ago, and today it is still the critical resource. Textbooks hivaids research guides at george washington. The development of effective medications has lessened the psychological impact of an hiv aids diagnosis for many people. Full text of many articles from health and fitness magazines, medical periodicals, reference books and pamphlets.
Establishing cd4 thresholds for highly active antiretroviral therapy initiation in a cohort of hivinfected adult chinese in hong kong. As sure as night follows day, the continued expansion of antiretroviral therapy will be followed by an increase in hiv antiretroviral drug resistance. Hivaids references national institute on drug abuse nida. Includes a chapter on selfcare for persons with hiv. Who is at risk for hiv infection and which populations are most affected. Apr 01, 2016 an hivaids reading list rah froemmingcarter apr 1, 2016 hivaids part in our global consciousness over the past three and a half decades has been and continues to be large, and this collection of books and voices are only touching on a tiny part of that whole. References for hiv infection, aids, and cancer american. An alternative definition is based on the cd4 positive t cell count 200. References antiretroviral therapy for hiv infection in. Antiretroviral therapy for hiv prevention consultation.
Abstract alcohol and other drug abuse aod treatment is a major means of hiv aids prevention, yet clients of street outreach programs sop who are injection drug users idu, and outreach workers and staff as well. In the united states, hiv is spread mainly by having anal or vaginal sex or sharing injection drug equipment. References for hiv infection, aids, and cancer american cancer society what cancer patients, their families, and caregivers need to know about the coronavirus. Oct 17, 2019 print books are located downstairs in the book stacks unless otherwise noted. First, the work had to be written before andor about pre1997 hivaids. The following sources were used in preparing this information about hiv infection, aids, and cancer. Early mortality among adults accessing antiretroviral treatment programmes in subsaharan africa aids 2008, 22. The social and behavioral aspects of aids, advances in medical sociology, vol. Jul 17, 2012 a selection of the best literature with reference to hiv aids. Politics, people, and the aids epidemic by randy shilts, the wisdom of whores. How has the hivaids epidemic changed over the past 30 years. Medical references hiv insite gateway to hiv and aids knowledge.
The study is a useful point of reference to both kenyan researchers into hiv and aids as well as international scholars exploring africanist perspectives of the sociocultural. The latest information on the most important social issues in america today is the hallmark of this wellestablished series for high school students. The book has first been published in 1991 and has since been updated annually. Thirty years ago, the average person knew nothing of hivaids. See more ideas about books, literature and aids virus.
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