The Evolution of HIV
Author: Keith A. Crandall
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 1999-04-26
Total Pages: 524
ISBN-13: 9780801861512
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The Origins of AIDS
Author: Jacques Pépin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2021-01-21
Total Pages: 395
ISBN-13: 1108487491
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn updated edition of Jacques Pépin's acclaimed account of the events that transformed a chimpanzee virus into a global pandemic.
Fundamentals of HIV Medicine
Author: W. David Hardy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 617
ISBN-13: 0190493097
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCompletely updated for 2017, Fundamentals of HIV Medicine is a comprehensive clinical care publication for the treatment of HIV/AIDS. Published by the American Academy of HIV Medicine, the book offers physicians, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, and other care providers the most up-to-date overview of the latest HIV treatments and guidelines plus online access to CME. The online access expires August 2018. Embodying the AAHIVM's commitment to promoting uniform excellence in care of seropositive patients, Fundamentals of HIV Medicine 2017 empowers health professionals to deliver standardized, life-sustaining treatment to the patients who need it most. It will serve as an essential clinical reference and provide valuable career enrichment to users across the spectrum of HIV care, treatment, and prevention.
Origin and Evolution of Viruses
Author: Esteban Domingo
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2008-06-23
Total Pages: 573
ISBN-13: 0080564968
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew viral diseases are emerging continuously. Viruses adapt to new environments at astounding rates. Genetic variability of viruses jeopardizes vaccine efficacy. For many viruses mutants resistant to antiviral agents or host immune responses arise readily, for example, with HIV and influenza. These variations are all of utmost importance for human and animal health as they have prevented us from controlling these epidemic pathogens. This book focuses on the mechanisms that viruses use to evolve, survive and cause disease in their hosts. Covering human, animal, plant and bacterial viruses, it provides both the basic foundations for the evolutionary dynamics of viruses and specific examples of emerging diseases. - NEW - methods to establish relationships among viruses and the mechanisms that affect virus evolution - UNIQUE - combines theoretical concepts in evolution with detailed analyses of the evolution of important virus groups - SPECIFIC - Bacterial, plant, animal and human viruses are compared regarding their interation with their hosts
HIV and the New Viruses
Author: Angus G. Dalgleish
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 1999-03-16
Total Pages: 569
ISBN-13: 0080534082
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHIV and the New Viruses presents cutting-edge reviews of persistent human virus infections as a coherent collection for the first time. These cover recently discovered viruses such as HHV-6, HHV-8 and HCV, as well as the latest research on HIV. This comprehensive and updated reference includes an in-depth study of the major issues in the epidemiology, pathogenicity, molecular virology, host responses and management of conditions associated with those viruses. Information on new pharmaceuticals and vaccine developments is also included. Edited by the leading experts in the field, HIV and the New Viruses will be essential reading for postgraduates, clinicians and researchers in virology, immunology, cancer, molecular biology and the pharmaceutical industry. - Presents cutting-edge reviews of persistent human virus infections as a coherent collection for the first time - Includes an in-depth study of the major issues in the epidemiology, pathogenicity, molecular virology, host responses, and management of conditions associated with those viruses
HIV/AIDS: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Alan Whiteside
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2008-01-24
Total Pages: 169
ISBN-13: 0192806920
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProviding an introduction to HIV/AIDS, this book explains the science, the international and local politics, the demographics and the devastating consequences of the disease. This book is aimed at general readers interested in the science, the epidemiology and the social effects of the disease which has killed 20 million.
HIV
Author: Frederic Bushman
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Perspective
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781936113408
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe basic biology of the HIV virus provides a model for a more general understanding of retroviruses, and the worldwide epidemic of AIDS makes research into the disease process and potential therapies among the most critical in biomedical science. This book explores work on the molecular biology of HIV, host-virus interactions, host immune responses, HIV transmission, and more.
Virus Hunt
Author: Dorothy H. Crawford
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2013-06-27
Total Pages: 259
ISBN-13: 0199641145
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVirus Hunt is a tale of scientific endeavour. Tracing the fascinating twenty year quest to find the origin of the virus that causes AIDS, Dorothy H. Crawford takes us on a journey around the world, to recount the vital research that eventually unravelled how, when, and where the virus first infected humans.
Emerging Viruses
Author: Stephen S. Morse
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1996-08-01
Total Pages: 342
ISBN-13: 0195355741
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew epidemics such as AIDS and "mad cow" disease have dramatized the need to explore the factors underlying rapid viral evolution and emerging viruses. This comprehensive volume is the first to describe this multifaceted new field. It places viral evolution and emergence in a historical context, describes the interaction of viruses with hosts, and details the advances in molecular biology and epidemiology that have provided the tools necessary to track developing viral epidemics and to detect new viruses far more successfully than could be done in the recent past. This unique book also lucidly details case histories and offers practical suggestions for the prevention of future epidemics. The contributors are leading authorities in their disciplines, and were selected both for their expert knowledge and for their ability to define and elucidate the fundamental issues. The book is highly accessible and has been written for a wide audience that includes virologists, public health authorities, medical anthropologists, evolutionary biologists, geneticists, infectious disease specialists, and social scientists interested in medical and health issues.
The Politics and History of AIDS Treatment in Brazil
Author: Amy Nunn
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2009-02-15
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 0387096183
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBrazil’s public policy response to the AIDS epidemic preceded those of many developing countries. During my tenure as President, in 1996, Brazil adopted a law guaranteeing free and universal access to AIDS treatment for all people living with HIV/AIDS. Brazil became the first developing country to provide publicly-financed AIDS treatment for all people living with HIV/AIDS. We now have one of the world’s most successful AIDS programs that is considered a model for other dev- oping countries. Today, 185,000 people receive life-saving AIDS cocktails in Brazil, and thousands of lives have been saved. But this was not an easy battle. There were many challenges along the way. Twenty years ago, Brazil’s achie- ments today might have seemed impossible. During the 1980s, in Brazil, as elsewhere, there was overwhelming stigma associated with AIDS; people living with HIV often lost their jobs and died quickly before the advent of life-saving antiretroviral drugs. Brazil’s AIDS movement was extraordinarily important in promoting progressive AIDS policies; associations of people living with HIV were the first to denounce pervasive AIDS-related discri- nation and called public attention to the importance of AIDS. Activists protested in the streets for over a decade, engaged the media, and framed AIDS as a human rights issue.
