Confronting AIDS. Update 1988 /

Focuses on the fight against AIDS. This volume also highlights information and events that have given rise to the need for various directions in responding to this disease.

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Ente Autore: Institute of Medicine (U.S.)
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1988.
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Sommario:
  • 1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1. Introduction; 4 2. HIV Infection and its Epidemiology; 5 3. Understanding the Course of the Epidemic; 6 4. Altering the Course of the Epidemic; 7 5. Care of Persons Infected With HIV; 8 6. The Biology of HIV and Biomedical Research Needs; 9 7. International Aspects of AIDS and HIV Infection; 10 8. A National Commission on HIV Infection and AIDS; 11 Appendix A: Summary and Recommendations from Confronting AIDS: Directions for Public Health, Health Care, and Research; 12 Appendix B: CDC Classification System for HIV Infections and Revised Case Definition for AIDS; 13 Appendix C: Correspondents; 14 Appendix D: Biographical Notes on Committee Members; 15 Index