HIV and Pathogenesis of AIDS - Softcover

Levy, Jay A

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1555813933 ISBN 13: 9781555813932

Publisher: ASM Press, 2007

Synopsis

A state-of-the-art review of the current research. • Explains the history of the disease, and examines how scientists, clinicians, and public health workers have responded to the challenges presented by HIV/AIDS in the 25 years since its recognition. • Explores potential approaches for therapy, including a vaccine for the prevention of HIV infection and AIDS. • Serves as a valuable reference for students, researchers, clinicians, and health care providers.

 

This title is published by the American Society of Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories.

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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: ASM Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1555813933
• ISBN 13: 9781555813932
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 678