BookRaziya Bobat, editor.
Summary: This book serves as a reference work on pediatric HIV infection and covers the full bandwidth of topics from an introduction to pathogenesis and epidemiology, over the transmission of the HI virus, to clinical manifestations, treatment, and prevention strategies. Diseases and disorders occurring in HIV infected persons are discussed in detail. The book covers special populations, such as neonates born to an HIV positive mother and adolescents and examines the specific ways of managing HIV disease in these patient groups. This is the first book to cover palliative care as well as ethical, legal and social issues of HIV infection. .
Contents:
Foreword
Introduction and Epidemiology
Transmission and Pathogenesis
Diagnosis
Clinical Manifestation
Management
HIV and TB
Opportunistic Infections
Immunisation of HIV infected child
Special Populations, Neonates and Adolescents
Cure
HIV and the Microbiome.