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Hiv - (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. HIV-2, seen more often in western Africa, has a slower course than HIV-1. There are many strains of both types and the virus mutates


16 of the Best Books and Articles on: HIV

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    Living with HIV: Experiment in Courage » Read Now

    by Mary Elizabeth O'Brien. 248 pgs.

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    This is an immensely sensitive and substantive account of the impact the AIDS epidemic has had on the individuals living with it and the responses of those who share their lives as family members, loved ones, or professional caregivers. The purpose of the NIH-supported study is to identify physical...
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    AIDS and HIV-Related Diseases: An Educational Guide for Professionals and the Public » Read Now

    by Josh Powell. 268 pgs.

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    ...AIDS AND HIV-RELATED DISEASES An Educational Guide for Professionals and the Public AIDS AND HIV-RELATED DISEASES An Educational Guide...Cataloging-in-Publication Data...
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    "Let's Talk about Sex, Baby": Community-Based HIV Prevention Work and the Problem of Sex, in Archives of Sexual Behavior » Read Now

    by Nancy B. Palmer. 5 pgs.

    Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
    ...Lets Talk about Sex, Baby": Community-Based HIV Prevention Work and the Problem of Sex...communities on preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS, there is no way around talking...
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    HIV-Prevention-Related Sexual Health Promotion for Heterosexual Men in the United States: Pitfalls and Recommendations, in Archives of Sexual Behavior » Read Now

    by David Wyatt Seal, Anke A. Ehrhardt. 12 pgs.

    Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
    ...HIV-Prevention-Related Sexual Health Promotion for Heterosexual...INTRODUCTION Heterosexual behavior constitutes a growing mode of HIV transmission in the United States and...
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    Troubling the Angels: Women Living with HIV/AIDS » Read Now

    by Patti Lather, Chris Smithies. 288 pgs.

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    ...Troubling the Angles Women Living with HIV/AIDS PATTI LATHER AND CHRIS SMITHIES...1948Troubling the angels : women living with HIV/AIDS/Patti Lather, Chris Smithies...
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    HIV Infection and Intravenous Drug Use » Read Now

    by Gennaro Ottomanelli. 148 pgs.

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    The author has compiled information from a vast array of sources to provide this resource guide to the important issues involved in HIV infection and intravenous drug use. He presents sections on historical background, behavioral antecedents, virology, immunology, incidence, prevalence, HIV testing...
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    HIV Infection in Children: Family Stress, Social Support, and Adaptation, in Exceptional Children » Read Now

    by Sharon Lesar, Michael M. Gerber, Melvyn I. Semmel. 13 pgs.

    ...HIV infection in children: family stress, social support, and...are being diagnosed with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, the virus that causes acquired...
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    AIDS Crossing Borders: The Spread of HIV among Migrant Latinos » Read Now

    by Shiraz I. Mishra, Ross F. Conner, J. Raul Magana. 224 pgs.

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    ...AIDS Crossing Borders The Spread of HIV Among Migrant Latinos EDITED BY Shiraz...of the many risks in their lives, that of HIV. All rights reserved. Printed in the...Magaqa...
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    The Rights of People Who Are HIV Positive: The Authoritative ACLU Guide to the Rights of People Living with HIV Disease and AIDS » Read Now

    by William B. Rubenstein, Ruth Eisenberg, Lawrence O. Gostin. 384 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...for, lesbians, gay men, and people with HIV disease. Since leaving the ACLU at the beginning...she was the legal counsel for persons with HIV disease. From 1991 to 1995...
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    HIV, AIDS, and the Law: A Guide to Our Rights and Challenges » Read Now

    by Mark S. Senak. 241 pgs.

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    ...HIV, AIDS, and the LAW A Guide to Our Rights and Challenges HIV, AIDS, and the LAW A Guide to Our Rights and Challenges...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Senak...
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    The Endangered Self: Managing the Social Risk of HIV » Read Now

    by Gill Green, Elisa J. Sobo. 236 pgs.

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    The Endangered Self focuses on how the discovery of an HIV positive status affects the individual's sense of identity, and on the experience of living with HIV and its effects on the individual's social relationships.
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    Apprehending the Weapon Within: The Case for Criminalizing the Intentional Transmission of HIV, in American Criminal Law Review » Read Now

    by Rebecca Ruby. 24 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...criminalizing the intentional transmission of HIV. by Rebecca Ruby I. INTRODUCTION...health crisis. With the introduction of the "HIV Prevention Act of 1997...The human...
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    Is HIV a Disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act: Unanswered Questions after Bragdon v. Abbott, in Journal of Law and Health » Read Now

    by Connie Mayer. 30 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...Is HIV a disability under the Americans with Disabilities...had identified a new human retrovirus called HIV or Human Immunodeficiency Virus, that was responsible...Since...
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    Anticipated Mortality, HIV Vulnerability, and Psychological Distress among Adolescents and Young Adults at Higher and Lower Risk for HIV Infection, in Journal of Youth and Adolescence » Read Now

    by Lilly M. Langer, Jonathan G. Tubman, Suzanne Duncan. 26 pgs.

    ...Anticipated mortality, HIV vulnerability, and psychological distress...young adults at higher and lower risk for HIV infection. by Lilly M. Langer...sexually transmitted...
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    The Limits of Privacy (Chap. 1 "HIV Testing of Infants: Should Public Health Override Privacy?") » Read Now

    by Amitai Etzioni. 280 pgs.

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    Focusing on flashpoint issues such as mandatory HIV testing of infants, encryption of electronic documents, national identification cards and medical records - this book argues that some things should outweigh the right to privacy.
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    A New Security Threat: HIV/AIDS in the Military, in World Watch » Read Now

    by Radhika Sarin. 7 pgs.

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    ...A new security threat: HIV/AIDS in the military. by Radhika...Secretary of State Colin Powell likened the HIV/AIDS epidemic to a war that destroys countries...Powells...

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