AIDS The Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

AIDS The Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome / edited by V.G. Daniels.

Within eighteen months of the preparation of the first edition much has happened in the AIDS field. The number affected are still increas­ at an alarming rate - these are now (at December 1986) almost ing 30000 cases in the United States and over 600 cases in the United Kingdom. Worldwide the AIDS p...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Daniels, V.G (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1987.
Edition:1st ed. 1987.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Infectious diseases.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Epidemiology of AIDS
  • The evolution of AIDS
  • Tracking the epidemic
  • Distribution of the AIDS epidemic
  • UK Public Health Regulations as they relate to the spread of AIDS
  • 2 Who can get AIDS? — The risk groups
  • Homosexual or bisexual men
  • Intravenous drug abusers
  • Haemophiliacs
  • Other recipients of blood products
  • Heterosexual partners of AIDS patients
  • Childhood AIDS
  • Cases associated with Central Africa
  • Haitians
  • 3 The cause of AIDS
  • Hepatitis B virus
  • Cytomegalovirus
  • Epstein—Barr virus
  • Retroviruses
  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), formerly called Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus III (HTLV-III), Lymphadenopathy-associated Virus (LAV)
  • Co-factors involved in HIV infection
  • 4 Transmission of the AIDS virus
  • Sexual contact — homosexual and heterosexual
  • Parenteral transfer
  • Perinatally (vertical transmission)
  • Salivary transfer
  • Incubation period of the AIDS virus
  • 5 Infection with the AIDS virus
  • Tests for the AIDS virus
  • HIV Infections
  • Recommendations for the individual with HIV infection
  • Advice for GPs handling AIDS testing
  • 6 Early symptoms and signs of AIDS
  • Persistent generalized lymphadenopathy (PGL)
  • The AIDS-related complex (ARC)
  • Evolution of PGL and ARC to AIDS
  • 7 AIDS — The clinical picture
  • Definition of AIDS
  • Spectrum of disorders seen in AIDS
  • Clinical features of AlDS
  • New classification for HIV infection
  • 8 Kaposi’s sarcoma
  • Definition
  • Kaposi’s sarcoma and AIDS
  • 9 Treatment and management of AIDS
  • Treatment of opportunistic infections
  • Treatment of Kaposi’s sarcoma
  • Treatment of the immune deficiency
  • Anti-HIV agents — inhibitors of virus replication
  • Other treatment
  • General management and precautions when dealing with AIDS patients
  • Counselling of AIDS patients
  • 10 Endpiece
  • Appendix 1 Glossary
  • 2 AIDS-important information for blood donors
  • 3 AIDS-WHO consultation
  • 4 Cellular immunity
  • 5 Definition and revision of the case definition of AIDS used by Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Case definition of AIDS in children
  • 6 General background on viruses
  • 7 UK Haemophilia Reference Centres and Regional Centres of the National Blood Transfusion Service in the UK
  • 8 Selected Bibliography and useful addresses.

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