HIV and AIDS:

Preface

SECTION ONE - FUNDAMENTALS

1 Prologue
2 Fundamentals of immunity
3 Human immunodeficiency virus
4 Social and environmental factors
5 Immunopathology
6 Natural history of HIV infection
7 Infection control methods

SECTION TWO - DIAGNOSTIC ASPECTS

8 Case definitions
9 Laboratory diagnosis of HIV infection
10 Laboratory diagnosis of common reproductive tract and sexually transmitted infections

SECTION THREE - CLINICAL ASPECTS

11 Accidental occupational exposure to HIV
12 HIV-related neurological disorders
13 HIV-related psychological disorders
14 Co-infection with HIV and Tuberculosis
15 Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
16 Anti-retroviral therapy (ART)
17 Traditional ethno-medical systems & alternative therapies

SECTION FOUR - PREVENTION AND CONTROL

18 Strategies for prevention and control
19 Surveillance for HIV
20 Counselling
21 Voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) services
22 Prevention of Mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT)
23 Human rights, legal and ethical issues
24 Role of health care providers
25 Preventive HIV vaccine
26 Response to the HIV epidemic in India
27 Response to the HIV epidemic in Thailand
28 Response to the HIV epidemic in China
29 Epilogue

Index

This book is recommended by the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region Office (WHO-EMRO) as a basic resource for medical faculty libraries.