Hiv/aids in the Post-Haart Era. Manifestations, Treatment, and Epidemiology

DESCRIPTION

A landmark book about the single most important disease of the last 30 years, this will be a reference and text of current methods of diagnosis and therapy for all aspects and clinical manifestations of AIDS.

The science of the virus and its effects and the clinical approaches to its treatment and transmission prevention are placed in the context of the history and epidemiology of the HIV-AIDS pandemic. Each organ system of the body is explored as to manifestations of the disease, treatment now and in the future, as well as what the disease has taught us about the immune response.

No other text provides the historical and epidemiological context of this disease along with an update of diagnosis and treatment. The underlying science and epidemiology of AIDS are not neglected, so the student or clinician who is treating patients with AIDS can gain a full understanding of HIV/AIDS in individual patients and in their communities.

KEY FEATURES

· Comprehensive AIDS textbook
· Basic science history to current technology and treatment to the future clinic

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword by Michael Gottlieb
Preface
Introduction

Part I. History of AIDS

• Ch 1. An Epidemic of Unknown Proportion: The First Decade of HIV, By Gerald M. Oppenheimer & Ronald Bayer
• Ch 2. A Personal History of the Discovery of HIV, By Robert C. Gallo (co-discoverer of HIV)

Part II. Prevention

• Ch. 3, Facing HIV/AIDS Prevention, By Cristina Pimenta, Ivo Brito & Pedro Chequer

Part III. The Disease

• Ch. 4, Transmission, By Luis Enrique Soto-Ramirez
• Ch. 5, Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS, By Quarraisha Abdool Karim & AYesh B. M. Kharsany
• Ch. 6, Virology of HIV, By Marvin S. Reitz
• Ch. 7, Laboratory Testing for HIV/AIDS, By Yi-Wei Tang

Part IV. Clinical Manifestations

• Ch. 8, Cutaneous Manifestations of AIDS, By Joseph S. Susa & Clay J. Cockerell
• Ch. 9, Viral Hepatitis and HIV Coinfection, By Pablo Rivas, Eugenia Vispo, Pablo Labarga, Jose Medrano, Pablo Barriero, Luz Martin-Carbonero & Vicente Soriano
• Ch. 10, Gastrointestinal Manifestations of HIV/AIDS, By C. Mel Wilcox
• Ch. 11, Cardiovascular Manifestations of HIV/AIDS, By Giuseppe Barbaro
• Ch. 12, Pulmonary Manifestations of HIV/AIDS, By Mark Hull, Peter Phillips, Don Sin, Paul Man & Julio S.G. Montaner
• Ch. 13, HIV-1 and the Nervous System: Past, Present, and Future, By Richard W. Price
• Ch. 14, Ophthalmic Manifestations of HIV/AIDS, By Jyotirmay Biswas & Sridharan Sudharshan
• Ch. 15, Metabolic Consequences of HIV/AIDS, By Donald P. Kotler & Rohit Singhania
• Ch. 16, An Overview of Psychiatry in AIDS Care, By Glenn J. Treisman & Andrew F. Angelino
• Ch. 17, Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS), By David M. Murdoch, Willem Daniel Francois Venter & Charles Feldman

Part V. Treatment

• Ch. 18, Treatment of HIV, By Laura Waters and Mark Nelson
• Ch. 19, Treatment of Viral Infections, By C. Beau Willison, L. Katie Morrison, Natalia Mendoza & Stephen Tyring
• Ch. 20, Treatment of Bacterial Infections, By Jason Faulhaber
• Ch. 21, Management of Opportunistic Fungal Infections in HIV/AIDS Patients, By Preena Bhalla, Ravinder Kaur & S. Anuradha
• Ch. 22, HIV/AIDS and TB Co-infection: A Political Call to Action., By Carole McArthur, Jürgen Noeske & Nicole Parrish
• Ch 23, HIV-related TB, By Walkiria Periera-Pinto & Mareco Antonio de Ávila Vitória

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John C. Hall, MD
Department of Medical Dermatology
University of Missouri—Kansas City
Department of Dermatology, St. Luke’s Hospital
Dermatology Staff, Kansas City Free Health Clinic
Kansas City, Missouri

Brian J. Hall, MD
Departments of Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah

Clay J. Cockerell, MD
Director of the Division of Dermatopathology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Medical Director,Cockerell & Associates
Dermpath Diagnostics
Dermatopathology Laboratories
Dallas, Texas