a ISBN 0-8053-73101-

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number WC503

b Item number .S75 2005

a Personal name Stine, Gerald James.

a Title AIDS update, 2005 :

b Remainder of title an annual overview of acquired immune deficiency syndrome /

c Statement of responsibility, etc Gerald J. Stine.

h Medium BOOK

a Place of publication, distribution, etc San Francisco, Calif. :

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Pearson Education/Benjamin Cummings,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc c2005.

a Extent xv, 495 p. :

b Other physical details ill. ;

c Dimensions 24 cm.

a Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and index.

a Formatted contents note Discovering AIDS, naming the disease -- What causes AIDS: origin of the AIDS virus -- Biological characteristics of the AIDS virus -- Anti-HIV therapy -- The immunology of HIV disease/AIDS -- Opportunistic infections and cancers associated with HIV disease/AIDS -- A profile of biological indicators for HIV disease and progression to AIDS -- Epidemiology and transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus -- Preventing the transmission of HIV -- Prevalence of HIV infections, AIDS cases, and deaths among select groups in the United States and AIDS in other countries -- Prevalence of HIV infection and AIDS cases among women, children, and teenagers in the United States -- Testing for human immunodeficiency virus -- AIDS and society: knowledge, attitudes, and behavior.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element AIDS (Disease)

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element HIV infections.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element HIV (Viruses)