The AIDS Knowledge Base: Textbook on HIV Disease from the University of California, San Francisco, and the San Fransciso General Hospital - Tapa dura

Recommended in the Brandon/Hill selected list of print books and journals for the small medical library - April 2001 & 2003 The thoroughly updated Third Edition of this standard-setting reference provides comprehensive and current information about HIV disease in adults. The book emphasizes clinical management of HIV infection and its sequelae and also addresses important concerns in epidemiology, testing, natural history, and prevention, as well as legal, ethical, social, and economic issues. This edition reflects the current view of HIV disease as treatable. Coverage includes new information on viral load measurements, potent combination antiretroviral therapy, prospects for virus eradication and immune reconstitution, evolution of drug-resistant viruses, the importance of adherence to medical regimens, and indicators of success and failure of therapy