Jul 17, 2012 a selection of the best literature with reference to hiv aids. Aids stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Thirty years ago, the average person knew nothing of hivaids. Annotated bibliography on hivaids in subsaharan africa. 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. 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. Full text of many articles from health and fitness magazines, medical periodicals, reference books and pamphlets.
The following sources were used in preparing this information about hiv infection, aids, and cancer. This new book is the first to address the myriad of clinical difficulties faced by. Antiretroviral therapy for hiv infection in adults and adolescents. Hiv is spreading rapidly, and effective treatments continue to elude.
Hiv most often spreads through unprotected sex with a person who. Using graphs, charts, and maps, these slides provide surveillance data about hiv, aids, and the hiv continuum of care. 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. Both hiv aids and injection drug use carry a strong stigma in the community, even among medical professionals. Hiv is spreading rapidly, and effective treatments continue to elude science. It weakens your immune system, so your body has a hard time fighting off common germs, viruses, fungi, and other invaders. Following initial infection a person may not notice any symptoms, or may experience a brief period of influenzalike illness. Hiv, human immunodeficiency virus, either of two closely related retroviruses that invade thelper lymphocytes and are responsible for aids. Pubmedmedline over 27 million citations for biomedical literature from medline, life science journals, online books, and other resources. Jul 03, 2019 hiv is the virus that causes hiv infection. 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.
References antiretroviral therapy for hiv infection in. Aids research and human retroviruses mary ann liebert, inc. Oct 17, 2019 print books are located downstairs in the book stacks unless otherwise noted. Guidance on couples hiv testing and counselling including antiretroviral therapy for treatment and prevention in serodiscordant couples. Models of health promotion and education about hiv disease. Hiv2, seen more often in western africa, has a slower course than hiv1. It was developed as background material for a project, protecting the next generation. Medical references hiv insite gateway to hiv and aids knowledge. The essential work in hiv for providers and pharmacists updated with everything they need to know in 2019. Sep 18, 2017 in compiling this list of hivaids literature, ive necessarily made a few choices. Politics, people, and the aids epidemic by randy shilts, tell the wolves im home by carol rifka br. Aids is a condition that can arise from an advanced stage of infection with hiv.
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 hivbook is a medical textbook that follows the concept of being independent, easy to read, and freely available on the internet. 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. This puts you at risk for serious infections and certain cancers. Hivaids references national institute on drug abuse nida. Hivaids management poses many different challenges around the world, and the. 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. 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. How can hiv be prevented and treated in drugusing populations. References antiretroviral therapy for hiv infection in adults.
Hiv is an abbreviation of human immunodeficiency virus. Hivaids references national institute on drug abuse. Gray rh, wawer mj, brookmeyer r, sewankambo nk, serwadda d, wabwiremangen f, lutalo t, li x, vancott t, quinn tc. A guide to research information and library resources on many aspects of hiv aids. Aids among older children and adolescents in southern africa. Choose from used and new textbooks or get instant access with etextbooks and digital materials.
The latest information on the most important social issues in america today is the hallmark of this wellestablished series for high school students. Politics, people, and the aids epidemic by randy shilts, the wisdom of whores. The book has first been published in 1991 and has since been updated annually. 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. Hiv is a virus that lives in human blood, sexual fluids, and breast milk. The concept of this book was developed by bernd sebastian kamps.
Hiv and aids, communication, and secondary education in kenya. Early mortality among adults accessing antiretroviral treatment programmes in subsaharan africa aids 2008, 22. Bibliography and references the national academies press. The level of hiv aids awareness is generally poor among the general population but high among highrisk populations. List of books and articles about hiv online research. The social and behavioral aspects of aids, advances in medical sociology, vol.
References for hiv infection, aids, and cancer american cancer society what cancer patients, their families, and caregivers need to know about the coronavirus. 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. Hiv is spread through contact with the blood, semen, preseminal fluid, rectal fluids, vaginal fluids, or breast milk of a person with hiv. The height of the hivaids crisis, in 10 books electric. A service of the national library of medicine, national institutes of health. 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. Includes a chapter on selfcare for persons with hiv. Establishing cd4 thresholds for highly active antiretroviral therapy initiation in a cohort of hivinfected adult chinese in hong kong. Science tracer bullets research finding aids from the library of. Stochastic simulation of the impact of antiretroviral therapy and hiv vaccines on hiv transmission. In the united states, hiv is spread mainly by having anal or vaginal sex or sharing injection drug equipment. Acp medicine is a comprehensive, continually updated reference and continuing education service.
Hiv and aids stigma violates human rights in five african countries. Who is at risk for hiv infection and which populations are most affected. The american journal of drug and alcohol abuse, volume 30, issue 1, 2004, pages 129153. Best books about hivaids fiction and nonfiction 262. See more ideas about books, literature and aids virus. As sure as night follows day, the continued expansion of antiretroviral therapy will be followed by an increase in hiv antiretroviral drug resistance. We look at symptoms, progression, transmission, medication. Role of drug treatment and rehabilitation on hivaids prevention and care. How has the hivaids epidemic changed over the past 30 years. An alternative definition is based on the cd4 positive t cell count 200. Hiv1 is responsible for the vast majority of aids in the united states.
It harms your immune system by destroying the white blood cells that fight infection. Best books about hivaids fiction and nonfiction 262 books. Understanding hiv risk among youth, that is currently being carried out. 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. Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome hivaids is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus hiv. The study offers research into the efficacy of hiv and aids communication strategies for adolescents, especially with regards to selected secondary schools in kenya. Hiv sequence databases searchable map of hiv, resistance, and immunology databases. The development of effective medications has lessened the psychological impact of an hiv aids diagnosis for many people. Hivaids and substance use, 2010, substance abuse and mental health services administration. Antiretroviral therapy for hiv prevention consultation. First, the work had to be written before andor about pre1997 hivaids.
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