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Elsevier The Aids Pandemic Impact On Science And Society by Kenneth H. Mayer , H.F. Pizer
The AIDS Pandemic explores the ways in which HIV/AIDS has, and continues to transform the wide range of related disciplines it touches. Novel perspectives are provided by a unique panel of internationally recognised experts who cover the unprecedented impact onf AIDS on culture, demographics and politics around the world, including how it affected the worlds economy, health sciences, epidemiology and public health. This important far- reaching analysis uses the lessons learned from a wide array of disciplines to help us understand the current status and evolution of the pandemic, as it continues to evolve._x000D_ _x000D_Preface_x000D_
Introduction_x000D_
Virology _x000D_
Immunology in the Era of HIV/AIDS _x000D_
Quantitative Science_x000D_
The Public Health Response to HIV/AIDS: What have we learned?_x000D_
AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention and Control _x000D_
HIV Treatment Meets Prevention: Antiretroviral Therapy as Prophylaxis_x000D_
Challenges in Developing HIV Vaccines_x000D_
Microbicides_x000D_
AIDS Behavioural Prevention: Unprecedented Progress and Emerging Challenges_x000D_
The Evolution of Comprehensive AIDS Clinical Care_x000D_
The Ever-Changing Face of AIDS: Implications for Patient Care _x000D_
Economics_x000D_
Expanding Global Access to ARVs: The Challenges of Prices and Patents_x000D_
The African Experience _x000D_
Asia: Health Meets Human Rights _x000D_
Global Activism_x000D_
How HIV/AIDS Changed Gay Life in America: And What Others Can Learn from Our Experience_x000D_
Drug Use_x000D_
Management of HIV/AIDS in Correctional Settings _x000D_
Medical Ethics and the Law_x000D_
Index_x000D_