A Guide to AIDS (Pocket Guides to Biomedical Sciences)

The Guide to AIDS is succinct review of HIV/AIDS from a human-interest perspective. Chapters focus on some of the common patterns and prevention of HIV transmission and debunks misconceptions about HIV and AIDS. Brief descriptions the human immune system and epidemiology of HIV are included. The cultural component of disease, treatment and living with AIDS is central to much of this guide intended to synthesize, explain and de-mystify HIV and AIDS.

key selling featurws:

• Provides a simplified brief review of HIV and the disease it causes - AIDS
• Debunks myths associated with HIV transmision such as through mosquito bites
• Identifies simple and low cost ways to prevent the transmission and spread of HIV
• Illustrates the crucial role that culture plays in the prevention of HIV spread and AIDS treatment
• Puts a human face on the problem of diagnosing and living with AIDS

Donald G. Pace is Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Claflin University. Omar Bagasra is Professor of Biology and Director of South Carolina Center for Biotechnology at Claflin University.