HIV/AIDS: a very short introduction
Alan Whiteside
Bok Engelsk · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Oxford : Oxford University Press
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (169 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; List of illustrations; List of tables; 1 The emergence and state of the HIV/AIDS epidemic; 2 How HIV/AIDS works and scientific responses; 3 The factors that shape different epidemics; 4 Illness, deaths, and populations; 5 The impact of AIDS on production and people; 6 AIDS and politics; 7 Responding to HIV/AIDS; 8 The next 25 years; References and further reading; Index;. - Though first identified in 1981, by 2004 an estimated 40 million people were living with HIV/AIDS and about 20 million had died - numbers which continue to rise as scientists race to find a cure for the worst epidemic to hit humankind since the Black Death. This book explains the science, the international and local politics, the fascinating demographics, and the devastating consequences of the disease, and explores how we have -- and must -- respond. - ;HIV/AIDS is without doubt the worst epidemic to hit humankind since the Black Death. The first case was identified in 1981; by 2004 it was es
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| Emner | AIDS (Disease)
Diseases HIV Infections Immune System Diseases Vis mer... Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Lentivirus Infections RNA Virus Infections Retroviridae Infections Sexually Transmitted Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Virus Diseases Health. Medicine. Social Science. aids(forekomst, kontroll) hiv - forekomst, kontroll Communicable Diseases Health & Biological Sciences Public Health AIDS HIV(immunsviktsykdommer) |
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| ISBN | 978-0-19-280692-5(h.) : Nkr 105.00
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