HIV/AIDS in South Africa /
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| Imprint: | Cape Town ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005. |
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| Description: | 592 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5872460 |
Table of Contents:
- Section 1. The evolving HIV epidemic
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Overview of the book
- 3. HIV infection in South Africa: the evolving epidemic
- 4. HIV incidence rates in South Africa
- Section 2. The virus, the human host and their interactions
- 5. Viral structure, replication, tropism, pathogenesis and natural history
- 6. HIV diagnostics
- 7. Origin, diversity and spread of HIV-1
- 8. Cellular immunity in HIV: a sythesis of responses to preserve self
- Section 3. HIV risk factors and prevention strategies
- 9. Reducing sexual risk behaviours: Theory and research, successes and challenges
- 10. Barrier methods
- 11. Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV-1
- 12. Sexually transmitted infections
- 13. Safe blood supplies
- 14. Intravenous drug use in South Africa
- 15. New prevention strategies under development and investigation
- Section 4. Focal groups for understanding the HIV epidemic
- 16. Heterosexual transmission of HIV - the importance of a gendered perspective in HIV prevention
- 17. Young people and HIV/AIDS in South Africa: Prevalence of infection, risk factors and social context
- 18. Female sex workers
- 19. Population movement and the spread of HIV in southern Africa
- 20. Young men
- Section 5. The impact of AIDS
- 21. Shattering the silence - an auto-biographic, reflective narrative on living with HIV/AIDS
- 22. Impact of AIDS - the health care burden
- 23. The impact of AIDS on the community
- 24. The achilles heel? The impact of HIV/AIDS on democracy in South Africa
- 25. The impact on ethics
- 26. The economic impact of AIDS
- 27. AIDS-related mortality in South Africa
- 28. TB and HIV
- 29. Prevention of opportunistic infections in adults
- 30. Nutritional prophylaxis
- 31. Challenges in managing AIDS in South Africa
- 32. Antiretroviral therapy
- 33. The challenges of implementing antiretroviral treatment in South Africa
- 34. The political history of AIDS treatment
- Section 7. What does the future hold?
- 35. Models and trends
- 36. The future of the HIV epidemic in South Africa
