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Table of Contents:

Contributing Authors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Epidemiology of HIV and AIDS 1
2 Epidemiology of Pediatric HIV Infection 19
3 Global and Molecular Epidemiology of HIV 27
4 Retrovirology: An Overview 41
5 Pathogenesis of HIV Infection 123
6 Viral Cofactors in the Immune Pathogenesis and Clinical Manifestations of HIV Infection 151
7 Virologic and Biologic Features of HIV-2 161
8 Laboratory Detection of Human Retroviral Infection 175
9 Animal Models for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Disease 201
10 Simian Retroviruses 217
11 Immunodeficiency in HIV-1 Infection 257
12 Noncellular Markers of HIV-1 Infection 279
13 Care of the Adult Patient with HIV Infection 289
14 Clinical Management of HIV-Infected Women 339
15 HIV Infection in Infants, Children, and Adolescents 349
16 Pulmonary Complications of HIV Infection 373
17 Mycobacterial Disease in Patients with HIV Infection 389
18 Neurological Complications of AIDS and HIV Infection: An Overview 431
19 Psychiatric Care and Pain Management of Persons with HIV Infection 475
20 The Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Systems in HIV Infection 505
21 Neoplastic Complications of HIV Infection 529
22 Hematologic Manifestations of HIV Infection 541
23 Ophthalmologic Aspects of HIV Infection 559
24 General Pathology of HIV Infection 583
25 Pathology and Pathogenesis of HIV-1 Infection and Other Nervous System and Skeletal Muscle Diseases Associated with AIDS 627
26 Infection Control Considerations in HIV Infection 687
27 Occupational Exposures and Risks Related to the HIV Epidemic 699
28 Antiretroviral Chemotherapy 717
29 Immunotherapy for HIV Infection: Status and Prospects 733
30 Immunizations, Vaccine-preventable Diseases, and HIV Infection 745
31 Progress in the Development and Testing of HIV Vaccines 759
32 Public Health Strategies for Prevention of HIV Infection 773
33 Nursing Perspectives in the Care of Persons with HIV Infection 785
34 AIDS and the Ethics of Prevention, Research, and Care 799
Subject Index 809