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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816492703321

Autore

Whiteside Alan

Titolo

HIV/AIDS : a very short introduction / / Alan Whiteside

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2008

ISBN

1-281-34134-7

9786611341343

0-19-151760-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (147 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Very short introductions ; ; 174

Disciplina

614.5/99392

Soggetti

AIDS (Disease)

HIV infections

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-141) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The emergence and state of the HIV/AIDS  epidemic -- How HIV/AIDS  works and scientific responses -- The factors that shape different epidemics -- Illness, deaths, and populations -- The impact of AIDS on production and people -- AIDS and politics -- Responding to HIV/AIDS  -- The next 25 years.

Sommario/riassunto

Providing an introduction to HIV/AIDS, this book explains the science, the international and local politics, the demographics and the devastating consequences of the disease. This book is aimed at general readers interested in the science, the epidemiology and the social effects of the disease which has killed 20 million.