HIV/ AIDS in the Post-HAART Era: Manifestations, Treatment, and Epidemiology

Shelton, Connecticut: People’s Medical Publishing House, 2011. — 1024 p. This book is a scientific treatise and social history of, arguably, the most significant event of the last thirty years. Not infrequently, it is hypothesized that what happens to our lives comes from forces beyond our control and our comprehension. This book defies this notion, as do all scientific ventures. It says that we can play a role in bettering the lives of others and ourselves through discovery and action. Let no future generation say we ever gave up, that we ever forgot those who succumbed or those who still suffer. May the next three decades bring us to the salvations of cure and prevention. Let us take the science we have gained and the social justice we have found and lift them up as monuments for our heroes. Here is a treatise that declares the human condition as one of science, struggle, perseverance, and hope. The science of the virus and its effects and the clinical approaches to its treatment and transmission prevention are placed in the context of the history and epidemiology of the HIV-AIDS pandemic. Each organ system of the body is explored as to manifestations of the disease, treatment now and in the future, as well as what the disease has taught us about the immune response. The science of epidemiology, which is so important in allowing for tracking of the disease and potential limitation of transmission, is another aspect of AIDS explored in detail. The pandemic manifests differently in different parts of the world, and the relevance of the volume is enhanced by its international group of contributors. No other text provides the historical and epidemiological context of this disease along with an update of diagnosis and treatment. The underlying science and epidemiology of AIDS are not neglected, so the student or clinician who is treating patients with AIDS can gain a full understanding of HIV/AIDS in individual patients and in their communities Margaret Harper, a well-educated, artistic young woman from a highly academic, yet dysfunctional family, seeks freedom by marrying the rebellious, brilliant physicist Chris.