Hiv & Pathogen Aids - Softcover

LEVY

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1555810764 ISBN 13: 9781555810764

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 1994

Synopsis

This volume provides a succinct but comprehensive overview of the biology of HIV and AIDS infection. It is an up-to-date annotated referenced monograph on how HIV infects the host, gains entry into cells and causes a variety of different illnesses associated with the infection. Current approaches for antiviral therapies and a vaccine are discussed, and the book gives an overview of the challenges facing the medical and public health community in arresting the transmission of this agent. The text serves as a reference for researchers working with HIV and for students interested in the biology of this deadly virus.

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Review

"Jay Levy has managed this academic A-Z. of AIDS pathogenesis with considerable aplomb, as befits a scientist who has been at the centre of AIDS research for over one and a half decades."

"It is the best single source for students committed to understanding the multiple facets of the HIV epidemic and is equally valuable for experienced investigators to confirm facts, test concepts, and with persistence gain new insights into old ideas."

From the Back Cover

The second edition of HIV and the Pathogenesis of AIDS updates this important, well–annotated text on HIV pathogenesis. with valuable insights and written with clarity and succinctness, the history and background of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the steps involved in its infection of cells and the development of AIDS are discussed. Aspects of HIV epidemiology and transmission and the HIV–associated cancers that are prominent in infection are also covered. Regarding treatment, Dr Levy discusses the most recent approaches for antiviral therapy that have shown promise in controling infection and presents the challenges faced in developing a vaccine for blocking the transmission of this deadly virus. This book, which was extremely well–received by the scientific community in its initial volume four years ago, provides the

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1555810764
• ISBN 13: 9781555810764
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 340