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This second edition provides up-to-date information on new drugs, new proven HIV prevention interventions, a new chapter on positive prevention, and current HIV epidemiology. This definitive text covers all aspects of HIV/AIDS in South Africa, from basic science to medicine, sociology, economics and politics. It has been written by a highly respected team of South African HIV/AIDS experts and provides a thoroughly researched account of the epidemic in the region.

Author:Q. Abdool Karim, S.S. Abdool Karim
Publisher:Cambridge University Press (South Africa)
Editor:S. S. Abdool Karim, Q. Abdool Karim
Edition:2nd
ISBN:9780521147934
Audience:Professional
Pages:608
Width (mm):172
Length (mm):241
Weight (g):929

Table of Contents:
Part I:Birth of a Rapidly Growing Epidemic
1. Introduction
2. Overview of the book
3. HIV infection in South Africa: the evolving epidemic
4. HIV incidence rates in South Africa
  • Part II. The Virus, the Human Host and Their Interactions:
    5.Viral structure, replication, tropism, pathogenesis and natural history
    6. HIV diagnostics
    7. HIV-1 genetic diversity
    8. Cellular immunity to HIV: a synthesis of responses to preserve self
  • Part III. HIV Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies:
    9. Reducing sexual risk behaviours: theory and research, successes and research
    10. Barrier methods
    11. Mother-to-child transmissions (MTCT) of HIV-1
    12. Sexually transmitted infections
    13. Safe blood supplies
    14. Intravenous drug use in South Africa
    15. Positive prevention interventions
    16. New prevention strategies under development and investigation
  • Part IV. Focal Groups for Understanding the HIV Epidemic:
    17. Heterosexual transmission of HIV - the importance of a gendered perspective in HIV prevention
    18. Young people and HIV/AIDS in South Africa: prevalence of infection, risk factors and social context
    19. Female sex workers
    20. Population movement and the spread of HIV in southern Africa
  • Part V. The Impact of AIDS:
    21. Impact of AIDS - the health care burden
    22. The impact of AIDS on the community
    23. The impact of ethics
    24. The economic impact of AIDS
    25. AIDS-related mortality in South Africa
    26. Picking up the pieces: the end of AIDS denialism and its aftermath;
  • Part VI. Treating HIV:
    27. Tuberculosis and HIV
    28. Prevention of opportunistic infections in adults
    29. Nutritional prophylaxis
    30. Challenges in managing AIDS in South Africa
    31. Antiretroviral therapy
    32. The challenges of implementing antiretroviral treatment
  • Part VII. What Does the Future Hold?:
    33. Models and trends
    34. The future of the HIV epidemic in South Africa.

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