HIV/AIDS in South Africa / edited by S.S. Abdool Karim and Q. Abdool Karim.
Material type: TextPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resource (608 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781139062404 (ebook)
- AIDS (Disease) -- South Africa
- HIV infections -- South Africa
- AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- South Africa
- AIDS (Disease) -- Treatment -- South Africa
- AIDS (Disease) -- South Africa -- Prevention
- AIDS (Disease) -- Treatment
- AIDS (Disease) -- Patients
- AIDS (Disease) -- Prevention
- HIV infections
- HIV-positive persons
- HIV-positive persons -- South Africa
- 616.979200968 22
- RA643.86.S6 H585 2010
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Birth of a rapidly growing epidemic -- The virus, the human host and their interactions -- HIV risk factors and prevention strategies -- Focal groups for understanding the HIV epidemic -- The impact of AIDS -- Treating HIV -- What does the future hold?
This second edition of the book provides up-to-date information on new drugs, new proven HIV prevention interventions, a new chapter on positive prevention, and current HIV epidemiology. This definitive text covers all aspects of HIV/AIDS in South Africa, from basic science to medicine, sociology, economics and politics. It has been written by a highly respected team of South African HIV/AIDS experts and provides a thoroughly researched account of the epidemic in the region.
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