A guide to AIDS

by Bagasra, Omar

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Title Statements

Full title :A guide to AIDS / by Omar Bagasra, Donald Gene Pace.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2017.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):CRC Press
Place of Publication:Boca Raton, FL
Language:eng
Publication Date:2017.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (122 pages) : : illustrations.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1315317273, 9781315317274, 1315317281, 9781315317281, 9781315317267, 1315317265
oclc:ocn981977823
LC Classification:RC606.6
Dewey Decimal:616.97/92

The challenge of HIV and how to respond to it -- What is HIV? -- The root of the problem -- A tale of incomplete hopes -- To fund or not to fund -- The human immune system may protect against HIV -- The origin of HIV-1 -- AIDS : choices and outcomes -- Mosquitos do not spread HIV -- Remedies that are a hoax -- Circumcision -- Clean needles : the case of India -- Alcohol and AIDS -- TB and HIV : a deadly combination -- HIV in the age of the desaparecidas -- The military-AIDS complex : AIDS and international security -- Counting the costs : more deadly than military conflict -- AIDS orphans -- AIDS and the hispanic community -- AIDS and African Americans -- Culture and AIDS transmission : the example of India -- Indian traditions, women, and HIV -- Confession and complaint : bad, worse, and worst -- The language of AIDS -- These died of AIDS -- Poetic reflections on the AIDS crisis.

Subjects

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome AIDS (Disease) Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice HIV Infections HIV infections -- Prevention Infections à VIH Infections à VIH -- Prévention MEDICAL -- Surgery Sida Socioeconomic Factors