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Elsevier A Colour Atlas of AIDS 1988 Edition by Charles F. Farthing, Simon E. Brown
"A Colour Atlas of AIDS" was written by a team of physicians involved in AIDS research in Britain. It describes in words and colour photographs all aspects of the disease from epidemiology to transmission and prevention. This revised and updated second edition takes into account the developments and advances in medical knowledge and research. All sections have been expanded with particular emphasis on paediatric AIDS, oral manifestations, the effect of AIDS on the central nervous system and newer, more reliable tests which have been introduced since the publication of the first editon. The book includes a new section on tropical AIDS. Table of contents : - Part 1 The AIDS epidemic: epidemiology; immunology; virology; the definition of AIDS; the antibody response to HIV; the HIV antibody test; the origin of HIV; the clinical spectrum and classification of HIV disease. Part 2 Clinical manifestation of HIV disease: HIV seroconversion illness, or "acute HIV disease"; lymphadenopathy; weight loss; oral cavity disease; skin disease; ENT problems; Kaposi's sarcoma; pulmonary disease; diseases of the nervous system; gastrointestinal disease; lymphoma; paediatric HIV disease. Part 3: Other sexually transmitted diseases in HIV positive patients. Part 4: Counselling of patients with HIV disease. Part 5: Tranmsmission and prevention of HIV disease. Appendices: 1 - the full definition of AIDS; 2 - AIDS in Africa, M.Rolfe.