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Books on: hiv

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HIV and AIDS

Book by K. E. Nye, J. M. Paskin; Bios Scientific Publishers, 1994

Subjects:

Aids (Disease), Hiv (Viruses), Hiv Infections

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HIV and AIDS THE MEDICAL PERSPECTIVES SERIES Advisors: D.R...Engineering Asthma DNA Fingerprinting Molecular Virology HIV and AIDS Forthcoming titles: Human Vaccines and Vaccination Antimicrobial Drug Action Antibody Therapy HIV and AIDS K.E. Nye and J.M. Parkin Department of...
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HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care, and Support: Stories from the Community

Book by Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific; United Nations, 2003

Subjects:

Hiv Infections--Asia--Prevention, Hiv Infections--Pacific Area--Prevention, Hiv-Positive Persons--Services For--Asia, Hiv-Positive Persons--Services For--Pacific Area

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...Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific HIV/AIDS PREVENTION, CARE AND SUPPORT...Preface In a little over two decades, HIV/AIDS has invaded communities, crossed borders...there were over 8 million people living with HIV/AIDS in the Asian and Pacific region, of...
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HIV / AIDS and Older Adults: Challenges for Individuals, Families, and Communities

Book by Charles A. Emlet; Springer, 2004

Subjects:

Aged--Health And Hygiene, Aids (Disease) In Old Age, Aids (Disease) In Old Age--Social Aspects, Aids (Disease)--Age Factors, Hiv Infections--Social Aspects, Hiv-Positive Persons

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...is currently conducting research on older adults with HIV disease and is particularly interested in the issue of HIV stigma. He is currently the principal investigator for a study on HIV stigma among older adults funded by the National Institute...
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HIV/AIDS and Information

Book by Theresa Stanton; ASLIB-IMI, 2004

Subjects:

Freedom Of Information, Health Education, Health Promotion, Hiv Infections--Information Resources--Social Aspects, Hiv Infections--Information Services--Social Aspects, Information Networks

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...54 Selected Resources on HIV/AIDS 61 FID Review Vol. 1...this special issue of the FID Review on HIV/AIDS and Information. The issue has been...issue regarding the right to information on HIV/AIDS. A useful HIV/AIDS information resources...
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Preventing HIV/AIDS in the Middle East and North Africa: A Window of Opportunity to Act

Book by World Bank; World Bank, 2005

Subjects:

Aids (Disease)--Africa, North--Prevention, Aids (Disease)--Middle East--Prevention, Hiv Infections--Africa, North--Prevention, Hiv Infections--Middle East--Prevention

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Preventing HIV/AIDS in the Middle East and North Africa Preventing HIV/AIDS in the Middle East and North Africa THE...Table 1.1 1 Estimated Number of People Living with HIV/AIDS in MENA Countries 10 Table 2.1 1 National Response...

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Journal Articles on: hiv

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HIV and Men Who Have Sex with Men: Where Is the Canadian Epidemic Headed?

Journal article by Jennifer A. Siushansian, Mai Nguyen, Chris P. Archibald; The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, Vol. 9, 2000

Subjects:

Gay men--Health aspects, HIV infection--Research, Sexually transmitted diseases--Research

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

HIV and men who have sex with men: where is the Canadian epidemic...ABSTRACT: Available data suggest that there was an increase in HIV infections among men who have sex with men (MSM) in 1999-2000...context of recent data that are emerging on the extent of HIV, STIs, and associated risk behaviours among MSM internationally...
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Is HIV a Disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act: Unanswered Questions after Bragdon V. Abbott

Journal article by Connie Mayer; Journal of Law and Health, Vol. 14, 1999

Subjects:

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Bragdon v. Abbott--118 S. Ct. 2196 (1998), Discrimination against disabled persons--Laws, regulations, etc., HIV infection--Laws, regulations, etc.

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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 that time, the number of persons with HIV infection and AIDS has grown and HIV/AIDS now...
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HIV-Related Stigma in a Sample of HIV-Affected Older Female African American Caregivers

Journal article by Cynthia Cannon Poindexter, Nathan L. Linsk; Social Work, Vol. 44, 1999

Subjects:

AIDS virus carriers--Research, African American aged--Health aspects, African American women--Health aspects, Discrimination against AIDS virus carriers--Research, HIV patients--Research

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HIV-related stigma in a sample of HIV-affected older female African American caregivers. by Cynthia Cannon Poindexter , Nathan L. Linsk People who have HIV disease (refers to the trajectory of the illness that is caused by...
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Apprehending the Weapon Within: The Case for Criminalizing the Intentional Transmission of HIV

Journal article by Rebecca Ruby; American Criminal Law Review, Vol. 36, 1999

Subjects:

Aggravating circumstances--Laws, regulations, etc., HIV patients--Crime, Liability for disease transmission--Laws, regulations, etc., Public health law--Criminal provisions

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...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 immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome...
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Alcoholism, HIV Infection, and Their Comorbidity: Factors Affecting Self-Rated Health-Related Quality of Life *

Journal article by Margaret J. Rosenbloom, Edith V. Sullivan, Stephanie A. Sassoon, Anne O'Reilly, Rosemary Fama, Carol A. Kemper, Stanley Deresinski, Adolf Pfefferbaum; Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, Vol. 68, 2007

Subjects:

Alcoholism--Health aspects, HIV infection--Research, HIV infection--Risk factors, HIV infections--Research, HIV infections--Risk factors, Quality of life--Research

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Alcoholism, HIV Infection, and Their Comorbidity: Factors...Adolf Pfefferbaum ALCOHOLISM AND HIV INFECTION each have negative effects on objectively...behaviors associated with acquisition of HIV infection (Stein et al., 2005), but may lead...

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Magazine Articles on: hiv

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HIV AMONG INCARCERATED WOMEN: An Epidemic Behind the Walls

Magazine article by Anne S. Degroot; Corrections Today, Vol. 63, February 2001

Subjects:

HIV infection in women--Statistics, Women prisoners--Health aspects

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HIV AMONG INCARCERATED WOMEN: An Epidemic Behind the Walls by Anne S. DeGroot Even though...inmates in U.S. prisons and jails are female), incarcerated women are three times more likely to be HIV-infected than incarcerated men. The number of HIV-infected women in prison has been rising steadily since 1980, due in part to the steady increase...
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Living with HIV: The Advocate Spent Three Weeks in the Lives of Three HIV-Positive Men, Proving That While the Disease Is No Longer a Death Sentence, It Isn't a Piece of Cake Either

Magazine article by Tim Murphy; The Advocate, January 29, 2008

Subjects:

HIV infection--Prevention, HIV infections--Prevention, HIV patients--Care and treatment, HIV patients--Social aspects

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Living with HIV: The Advocate Spent Three Weeks in the Lives of Three HIV-Positive Men, Proving That While the Disease Is No Longer...prepares to release revised annual statistics about new HIV infections in the United States (in 2005 the number of...
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The Politics of Life and Death: Global Responses to HIV and AIDS

Magazine article by Mary Caron; World Watch, Vol. 12, May 1999

Subjects:

AIDS (Disease)--International aspects, HIV infection--International aspects

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...Politics of Life and Death: Global Responses to HIV and AIDS by Mary Caron If effectively fighting HIV means openly getting condoms to teenagers...their Bombay community - are infected with HIV. With the help of money quietly contributed...
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A New Security Threat: HIV/AIDS in the Military

Magazine article by Radhika Sarin; World Watch, Vol. 16, March 2003

Subjects:

AIDS (Disease)--Demographic aspects, AIDS (Disease)--Military aspects, Gore, Albert, Jr., HIV (Viruses)--Military aspects, HIV (Viruses)--Statistics, National Intelligence Council, Powell, Colin L., United Nations. Security Council

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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 assertion rests on the premise that HIV has compromised the very institution charged...
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HIV, Incarceration and Community: A Paramount Linkage

Magazine article by Melanie Spector; Corrections Today, Vol. 69, October 2007

Subjects:

Community--Influence, Correctional education--Health aspects, HIV infections--Influence, HIV infections--Prevention, HIV infections--Social aspects, Oklahoma. Department of Corrections--Powers and duties, Oklahoma. Department of Health--Powers and duties

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HIV, Incarceration and Community: A Paramount Linkage. by Melanie Spector HIV/AIDS is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide, (1) and...Control and Prevention estimates that the number infected with HIV in the United States exceeds 1 million. (2) And because the...

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Newspaper Articles on: hiv

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HIV/AIDS and Personal Responsibility

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 21, 2007

Subjects:

AIDS (Disease), HIV, HIV (Viruses), HIV testing, HIV tests

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

HIV/AIDS and Personal Responsibility. Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES I must assume that Dr. Gary Blick is a pseudonym and that his Monday letter, "A weak response to HIV/AIDS," is satire. His point that the only problem in persuading potential HIV/AIDS sufferers to get tested is that it costs the person being tested $5.36 or $11...
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HIV Trial Increases Risk of Infection

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), February 1, 2007

Subjects:

Clinical trials--Health aspects, HIV (Viruses)--Health aspects, HIV (Viruses)--Prevention, HIV (Viruses)--Risk factors, HIV testing--Health aspects, HIV testing--Product development, HIV tests--Health aspects, HIV tests--Product development, HIV--Health aspects, HIV--Prevention, HIV--Risk factors, Infection--Health aspects, Infection--Prevention, Infection--Risk factors

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

HIV Trial Increases Risk of Infection. A clinical trial of a gel being tested for HIV prevention in women has been halted because preliminary results...developed to be used by women to reduce the transmission of HIV during sexual intercourse. A Conrad spokeswoman said that...
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HIV Rate Rises 8 Percent among Gay, Bisexual Men; CDC Finds Declines among Other Groups

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 18, 2005

Subjects:

HIV (Viruses)--Health aspects, HIV (Viruses)--Prevention, HIV infection--Health aspects, HIV infection--Prevention, HIV infections--Health aspects, HIV infections--Prevention, HIV--Health aspects, HIV--Prevention, Infection--Health aspects, Infection--Prevention, Virus diseases--Health aspects, Virus diseases--Prevention

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

HIV Rate Rises 8 Percent among Gay, Bisexual Men; CDC Finds Declines...Groups. Byline: Joyce Howard Price, THE WASHINGTON TIMES HIV infections among homosexual and bisexual men in the United...Weekly Report. The CDC said the recent increase in diagnosed HIV infections among men who have sex with other men "may reflect...
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HIV Vaccine Baffles Doctors; Failed Trial Reveals Risks

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 3, 2007

Subjects:

AIDS vaccines--Product development, Biological products industry--Product development, Clinical trials, HIV, HIV (Viruses), Injectable drugs--Product development, Medical research, Medicine, Experimental, Merck & Company Inc.--Product development, Pharmaceutical industry--Product development

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

HIV Vaccine Baffles Doctors; Failed Trial Reveals Risks. Byline: Amy Fagan, THE WASHINGTON TIMES A potential HIV vaccine recently failed a key clinical trial, and top government...Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) and the HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN). The vaccine trial - which began...
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HIV Alliance Given Dental Care Grant

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), October 14, 2006

Subjects:

Grants-in-aid, HIV (Viruses)--Care and treatment, HIV--Care and treatment

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

HIV Alliance Given Dental Care Grant. Byline: Andrea Damewood The Register-Guard When most people imagine the treatment of HIV, maintaining a shining set of pearly whites probably doesnt...mind. Yet, because dental health affects general health, the HIV Alliance of Eugene has received a $2 million federal grant...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: hiv

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Hiv

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

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...
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Aids , in Medicine

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...in 1981. The virus was isolated in 1983 and was ultimately named the human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV ). There are two forms of the HIV virus, HIV-1 and HIV-2. The majority of cases worldwide are caused by HIV-1. In 1999 an international team of...
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Azt

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...with the human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV ), which causes AIDS ; also called azidothymidine...also a question of whether it is helpful in HIV-positive, asymptomatic people. AZT does...that it does lessen the possibility that an HIV-infected mother will transmit the virus...
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Protease Inhibitor

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...drugs that interfere with replication of the AIDS virus ( HIV ), by blocking an enzyme (protease) necessary in the late stages...shown it to be especially beneficial in combination with the anti-HIV drugs AZT and 3TC, which act by blocking a different enzyme...
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Louganis, Greg E

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...a head injury incurred during the competition. In the 1990s he began a stage career, revealed that he had tested positive for HIV the virus that causes AIDS before the 1988 Olympics, and came to be regarded as a spokesperson for gays, especially in the...

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