[PDF] International Atlas Of Aids eBook

Author : Donna Mildvan
Publisher : Current Medicine Group
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,48 MB
Release : 2007-12-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781573402743

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The formerly-named Atlas of AIDS has now become the International Atlas of AIDS, in order to reflect current conditions throughout the world. This Atlas covers a multitude of new aspects of the disease, including new therapies, syndromes, and management strategies. Leading experts in the field have carefully reviewed and selected over 600 images, creating the most complete and effective collection of clinical images ever assembled. With this new edition of the Atlas of AIDS, readers will gain a vivid and visually striking reference, enabling them to effectively meet the clinical challenges of this rapidly advancing field.

Author : Lukas Engelmann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 38,7 MB
Release : 2018-11-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1108658830

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In this innovative study, Lukas Engelmann examines visual traditions in modern medical history through debates about the causes, impact and spread of AIDS. Utilising medical AIDS atlases produced between 1986 and 2008 for a global audience, Engelmann argues that these visual textbooks played a significant part in the establishment of AIDS as a medical phenomenon. However, the visualisations risked obscuring the social, cultural and political complexity of AIDS history. Photographs of patients were among the earliest responses to the mysterious syndrome, cropped and framed to deliver a visible characterisation of AIDS to a medical audience. Maps then offered an abstracted image of the regions invaded by the epidemic, while the icon of the virus aspired to capture the essence of AIDS. The epidemic's history is retold through clinical photographs, epidemiological maps and icons of HIV, asking how this devastating epidemic has come to be seen as a controllable chronic condition.

Author : M. A. Ansary
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 46,22 MB
Release : 1989-08-31
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780723415671

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This outstanding new atlas provides vital information on the epidemiology, diagnosis, symptoms and prevention of HIV infection and AIDS observed among patients in tropical regions. While the specific opportunistic infections and malignancies associated with HIV infection vary in different areas, the lessons to be learned from careful study of this atlas will be highly useful to clinicians in all parts of the world. The capacity to diagnose is fundamental to the care and management of this disease. A Colour Atlas of AIDS in the Tropics will broaden your perspective on the worldwide challenge.

Author : Matthew Smallman-Raynor
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 39,39 MB
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780631178125

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Maps and describes the first recorded decade of the AIDS pandemic. The virological character of AIDS is discussed as well as its origins, spread (including the Gallo model), and geographical patterns of AIDS and HIV in major parts of the world.

Author : Stephen A. Morse
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 20,64 MB
Release : 2010-09-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0702047643

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The Atlas of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS, 4th Edition, by Drs. Stephen A. Morse, King K. Holmes, Adele A. Moreland, MD, and Ronald C. Ballard, provides you with an exclusive gallery of STD and AIDS images so you can better diagnose and treat these diseases. Approximately 1,100 unique images – most in full color and 30% new to this edition – depict the clinical signs associated with each type of infection. You’ll also find expert guidance on new vaccines, screening techniques, treatment guidelines, and best practices in the field. Get expert advice on the tests available to reach a definitive diagnosis and review therapeutic options, treatment guidelines, prevention strategies, and management of complications. Access appendices on the selection and evaluation of diagnostic tests, quality control, and test technologies. Effectively diagnose all types of STDs and HIV/AIDS with approximately 1,100 images—most in full color and more than 30% new to this edition―that depict the epidemiology as well as the clinical manifestations of these diseases. Effectively utilize new vaccines for HPV and Hepatitis B, new screening tests for Chlamydia, new drugs under development, new treatment guidelines and best practices in HIV screening, and much more.

Author : King K. Holmes
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 1027 pages
File Size : 49,98 MB
Release : 2017-11-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1464805253

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Infectious diseases are the leading cause of death globally, particularly among children and young adults. The spread of new pathogens and the threat of antimicrobial resistance pose particular challenges in combating these diseases. Major Infectious Diseases identifies feasible, cost-effective packages of interventions and strategies across delivery platforms to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, other sexually transmitted infections, tuberculosis, malaria, adult febrile illness, viral hepatitis, and neglected tropical diseases. The volume emphasizes the need to effectively address emerging antimicrobial resistance, strengthen health systems, and increase access to care. The attainable goals are to reduce incidence, develop innovative approaches, and optimize existing tools in resource-constrained settings.

Author : Smallman-Raynor Matthew
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 37,94 MB
Release : 2004-04-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0340761717

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The euphoria about the defeat of epidemics which surrounded the global eradication of smallpox in the 1970s proved short-lived. The advent of AIDS in the following decade, the widening spectrum of other newly-emergent diseases (from Ebola to Hanta virus), and the resurgence of old diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria all suggest that the threat of epidemic diseases remains at an historic high. The World Atlas of Epidemic Diseases provides a timely and scholarly review of over fifty of the most important such diseases at the start of the twenty-first century. This stunningly presented collection of maps, illustrations and commentary offers an authoritative overview of the global distribution of major epidemic diseases on a variety of spatial scales from the local to the global. The Atlas is arranged in an historical sequence, beginning with classic plagues such as the 'Black Death' and cholera and moving on through smallpox and measles to 'modern' diseases such as AIDS and Legionnaires' disease. Over 400 figures are incorporated, including 150 specially drawn maps supported by micrographs of the causative agents, photographs of the disease vectors, historical prints and graphs of changing incidence. The text for each disease includes discussion of its nature and epidemiological features, its origin (where known) and historical impacts, and its global status at the start of the twenty-first century. The book concludes with an informed look towards the future, assessing the probable impacts of major medical advances on life expectancy and the chances of success of programmes for the global eradication of diseases such as polio and measles. The World Atlas of Epidemic Diseases makes a major new contribution to our knowledge of the global burden of disease and is an informative and fascinating reference on the changing distributions of disease. It will be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the spread, control and eradication of epidemic disease.