This volume of the Medical Basic Guides is about AIDS “What You Always Wanted To Know About…” are, straight-to-the-point, easily understandable and comprehensive medical ebooks and guides for everybody. Whether you are just interested in the topic of the book or you are directly affected by it, these books can really help you with the information you need. This is your step toward new insights and informations.
The contents of this book:
Quick Facts
What are HIV and AIDS?
How HIV Causes AIDS
Overview
Scope of the HIV Epidemic
HIV is a retrovirus
Structure of HIV
Replication Cycle of HIV
Transmission of HIV
Early Events in HIV Infection
Course of HIV Infection
HIV is Active in the Lymph Nodes
Role of CD8+ T Cells
Rapid Replication and Mutation of HIV
Theories of Immune System Cell Loss in HIV Infection
Central Nervous System Damage
Role of Immune Activation in HIV Disease
New Clinical Signs of HIV in the Era of HAART Therapy
The HIV-AIDS Connection
The Evidence That HIV Causes AIDS
Answering the Skeptics: Responses to Arguments that HIV Does Not Cause Aids
Biology of HIV
Structure of HIV
HIV Replication Cycle
HIV Evolves to Evade the Immune System
HIV Devastates the Immune System
HIV Hides from the Immune System
Clinical Progression of HIV
Factors that Affect Disease Progression
HIV Risk Factors
Symptoms
Testing and Diagnosis
Treatment of HIV Infection
Prevention
