Pocket guide to AIDS

The Guide to AIDS is succinct review of HIV/AIDS from a human-interest perspective. Chapters focus on some of the common patterns and prevention of HIV transmission and debunks misconceptions about HIV and AIDS. Brief descriptions the human immune system and epidemiology of HIV are included. The cultural component of disease, treatment and living with AIDS is central to much of this guide intended to synthesize, explain and de-mystify HIV and AIDS.

Cover ; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Dedication ; Table of Contents ; Series Preface ; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; About the Authors ; SECTION I: The Challenge of HIV and How to Respond to It ; 1: What is HIV? ; 1.1 Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus.

1.2 Life cycle of HIV 1.3 Receptors ; 1.4 Tropism ; 1.5 HIV resistance: CCR5/CXCR and mutations ; 1.6 CXCR4 coreceptor ; 1.7 Transmission ; 1.8 A case of HIV cure: The Berlin patient from Seattle ; References ; 2: The Root of the Problem ; 2.1 Public policy and leadership.

2.2 Moral and religious dimension References ; 3: A Tale of Incomplete Hopes ; 3.1 Early focus on antibodies ; 3.2 The CD4 binding site ; 3.3 An elusive dormant virus ; 3.4 HIV vaccine dilemma ; 3.5 Revisionist perspective ; References ; 4: To Fund or Not to Fund.

4.1 White House leadership 4.2 Funding alone does not prevent the spread of HIV ; 4.3 Institutional capacity and responsibility ; References ; 5: The Human Immune System May Protect against HIV ; 5.1 Immune: A key word in the HIV acronym ; 5.2 Innate and adaptive immunity.

5.3 The complement system 5.4 Phagocytic cells ; 5.5 Adaptive immune system ; 5.6 Molecular immunity ; Ref…