AIDS sourcebook basic consumer health information about the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), including facts about its origins, stages, types, transmission, risk factors, and prevention, and featuring details about diagnostic testing, antiretroviral treatments, and co-occurring infections, such as cytomegalovirus, mycobacterium avium complex, pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, and toxoplasmosis ; along with tips for living with HIV/AIDS, updated statistics, reports on current research initiatives, a glossary of related terms, and a list of resources for additional help and information / [electronic resource] : edited by Sandra J. Judd. - 5th ed. - Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, c2011. - 1 online resource (xviii, 682 p.) : ill. - Health reference series . - Health reference series (Unnumbered) .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780780811911 (ebk.) 0780811917 (ebk.)


AIDS (Disease)--Popular works.
Electronic books.

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