AIDS Update 2009

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ISBN: 9780073527598 | 0073527599
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 12/11/2008

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AIDS UPDATE 2009 presents a balanced review of current research and information on HIV infection, HIV disease, and AIDS. AIDS UPDATE 2009 places discussion within a biological, medical, and social framework, helping readers more fully understand this devastating pandemic..

Contents
About the Authoriii
A Quarter Century of AIDS and Counting: A Humanitarian Crisisix
AIDS UPDATE 2009xvi
Prefacexviii
Introduction: Histories of Global Pandemics, AIDS, Its Place in History, Overview of HIV/AIDS, International AIDS Conferences and Means of Remembering the AIDS Quilt, Candlelight Memorial, and World AIDS Day
Three Words Echo Around the World: AIDS Crisis Worsens!
History of Global Pandemics and Epidemics
Fear, Ignorance and Condemnation: Who Is to Blame?
Imagine a World Without AIDS
Overview of HIV/AIDS
AIDS: A Unique Disease
AIDS: A Cause of Death
Another Anniversary
A New Anniversary
International AIDS Conferences
Means of Remembering
The
5th Candlelight Memorial
Walking to Change the Course of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic United States
Bicycle Riding to Change the Course of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic United States
World AIDS Day: An International Day of Coordinated Action: A Time to Recharge and Reconnect
The World Health and UNAIDS Organizations
The Future
National AIDS Hotlines
Useful Internet Addresses
1AIDS: Defining the Disease and Finding Its Cause
The New Millennium
AIDS: A Disease or a Syndrome?
First Reaction to AIDS: Denial
What Causes AIDS?
How Does HIV Cause AIDS?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Reports
Discovery of the AIDS Virus
Defining the Illness: AIDS Surveillance
Summary
Review Questions
2What Causes AIDS: Origin of the AIDS Virus
The Cause of AIDS: The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Evidence That HIV Causes AIDS
Origin of HIV: The AIDS Virus
Summary on the Origin of HIV
Summary
Review Questions
3Biological Characteristics of the AIDS Virus
Viruses Need a Host Cell in Order to Reproduce
Viruses Are Parasites
Viruses Specific to Cell Type
Retroviruses
Description of HIV; How It Attaches to a Host Cell and Buds Out of the Cell
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV): Its Life Cycle
The HIV Life Cycle
How HIV Escapes the Infected Cell
Basic Genetic Structure of Retroviral Genomes
Genetic Revolution
Formation of Genetic Recombination in HIV
Distinct Genotypes (Subtypes/Clades) of HIV-1 Worldwide Based on ENV and GAG Proteins
Summary
Review Questions
4Anti-HIV Therapy
Anti-HIV Therapy
HIV Eradication Update
08
Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Drugs with FDA Approval
The HIV Medicine Chest: ART Drugs Receiving FDA Approval
FDA-Approved Nucleoside/Non-Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors and Protease Inhibitors
Use of Non-Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
FDA-Approved Protease Inhibitors
Protease Inhibitors
Entry Inhibitors and Problems
Integrase Inhibitors
Development and Selection of HIV Drug-Resistant Mutants
Development of HIV Drug Resistance to Protease Inhibitors
How Combination Drug Therapy Can Reduce the Chance of HIV Drug Resistance
HIV Treatment Regimen Failure
Viral Load: Its Relationship to HIV Disease and AIDS
Medical Complications Associated with Anti-HIV Drug Therapies (ART)
The Smart Trial Was Cancelled onJanuary
Novel Drugs
Disclaimer
Summary
Some AIDS Therapy Information Hotlines
Review Questions
The Immunology of HIV Disease/AIDS
The Immune System
Human Lymphocytes: T Cells and B Cells
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