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| Titolo: |
AIDS vaccines, HIV receptors, and AIDS research / / Lawrence B. Kendow, editor
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Nova Biomedical Books, c2008 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (358 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 615/.372 |
| Soggetto topico: | AIDS vaccines |
| HIV (Viruses) | |
| Altri autori: |
KendowLawrence B
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Safe And Effective HIV Vaccines Since 1999 -- Chapter 2 AIDS: A Mucosal Approach To A Mucosal Infection -- Chapter 3 Transmission Of HIV From Dendritic Cells To CD4+ T Cells: A Promising Target For Vaccination And Therapeutic Intervention -- Chapter 4 The Globalization-AIDS-Poverty Syndrome In Africa1 -- Chapter 5 Youth Sexuality in the Context Of HIV/AIDS In South Africa -- Chapter 6 Vitamin E in the context of HIV disease: current knowledge and perspectives -- Chapter 7 CCR5 gene expression and polymorphism as potential prognostic markers of the outcome of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation --- Chapter 8 Emerging roles of SDF-1α -CXCR4 axis in vertebrate development -- Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a set of symptoms and infections resulting from the damage to the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This condition progressively reduces the effectiveness of the immune system and leaves individuals susceptible to opportunistic infections and tumors. HIV is transmitted through direct contact of a mucous membrane or the bloodstream with a bodily fluid containing HIV, such as blood, semen, vaginal fluid, preseminal fluid, and breast milk.This transmission can involve anal, vaginal or oral sex, blood transfusion, contaminated hypodermic needles, exchange between mother and baby during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding, or other exposure to one of the above bodily fluids.This book presents new and important research in the field from around the globe. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | AIDS vaccines, HIV receptors, and AIDS research ![]() |
| ISBN: | 1-60876-480-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910959307003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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