AIDS Clinical Review 2000/2001

AIDS Clinical Review 2000/2001

Marcel Dekker, 270 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016. 317p., bibliog., index. ISBN 0-9247-0433-9. $150.00.
edited by Paul A. Volberding, Mark A. Jacobson. 2001.

This volume of the AIDS Clinical Review is the eighth to be published since 1989, "focusing on specific areas in which important new advances have occurred in the diagnosis, therapy, and prevention of HIV infection and HIV-associated complications." Each of the reviews is written by the researcher who is directly involved in the research that is being reported. The first review provides the latest information concerning behavioral interventions to prevent HIV transmission, while the second review presents the current status of HIV vaccine development. Review three outlines what is known about the mechanism of mother-child vertical HIV transmission and number four assesses the risk of occupational HIV infection to health care workers. Review five presents an optimistic picture of the potential for preserving HIV-specific immunity when antiretroviral therapy is initiated early in the course of acute HIV infection.

The sixth review reports on the effect of new potent antiretroviral drug regimens, while the next two reviews deal specifically with the newly emerging antiretroviral regimens for treating HIV infection. The ninth review explains the current state of knowledge regarding cytokine and other immune-based therapies for HIV disease and the last review delves into an exploration of the problem of hepatitis B and C coinfection with HIV. These are excellent reviews that continue to add to the growing mass of clinical research data that is being created by the physicians, nurses, microbiologists, therapists, pharmacists, and epidemiologists who deal directly with patients suffering from HIV disease. This is a highly recommended book for all health science libraries and other research facilities.

Keywords: Education; Vaccine; Pediatrics; Antiretroviral Therapy)
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