Overview
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David G. Ostrow
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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xvii
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Prevention
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- Robb W. Johnson, David G. Ostrow, Jill Joseph
Pages 43-73
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- Ritch C. Savin-Williams, Rand E. Lenhart
Pages 75-99
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- Don C. Des Jarlais, Samuel R. Friedman, Joycelyn Sue Woods
Pages 139-155
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Neuropsychiatric Aspects of AIDS
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Front Matter
Pages 169-169
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- David G. Ostrow, J. Hampton Atkinson III, Igor Grant
Pages 171-186
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- Justin C. McArthur, James Ashe, Douglas Jabs
Pages 207-234
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- Francisco Fernandez, Joel K. Levy
Pages 235-246
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- Igor Grant, John R. Hesselink, Caroline J. Kennedy, J. Hampton Atkinson III
Pages 247-266
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- Katie A. Busch, Sarz Maxwell
Pages 267-278
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- Francisco Fernandez, Joel K. Levy
Pages 279-286
About this book
As we enter the last decade of the twentieth century, the AIDS epidemic looms ever larger and threatening. The specter of upwards of a million deaths in the United States and perhaps many millions worldwide from a sexually transmitted virus shakes our belief in modem medical science, while challenging the foundations of democratic society. Almost ten years into the epidemic, and with an enormous body of basic science research on the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), we still do not know why AIDS emerged when it did or how to stop its spread. A very humbling experience for scientists, clinicians, public health experts, politicians, and the general public. Yet there are signs that a well coordinated multidisciplinary research program can conquer the epidemic and, perhaps, provide the basis for preventing future epidemics. The HIV family of viruses is now better understood, both in terms of structure and function, than any other virus. Genetically engineered peptides and nucleic acids are being tested as specific treatments or vaccines against HIV infection/disease. Most prom ising are the strides which have been made in understanding those aspects of human behavior which have contributed to the spread of HIV infection and which must be substantially modified if AIDS is to be controlled and eventually eradicated. The basis of that understanding has roots in a diverse set of disciplines which have converged in the work presented in this book.
Editors and Affiliations
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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
David G. Ostrow
