AIDS in Asia
Asia has become the new battle ground for the war against HIV/AIDS. The magnitude of the potential public health problems caused by AIDS in this populous continent may become a catastrophic disaster. A 10% rate of prevalence of HIV-1 in India and China alone would mean more than 200 million people a...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
2004, 2004
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2004 |
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Table of Contents:
- 16 Molecular Epidemiology of HIV in Asia and the Pacific
- 17 Human Genetics and HIV-1 Infection
- 18 Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2 (HIV-2): Biology and Pathogenesis
- 19 Tuberculosis Control, HIV/TB, and India
- 20 Infectious Diseases and the Development of Health Systems in Thailand
- 21 Infectious Diseases in China
- 22 The History of HIV and Other Infectious Diseases in the Republic of Korea: Origin, Damage, and Control
- 23 Transmission of HIV and Other Infections in Southeast Asia: Cultural and Genetic Factors
- III: Diagnosis, Surveillance, and Projected Scenarios
- 24 Estimating Rates of HIV/AIDS in India
- 25 Current HIV/AIDS Diagnosis, Reporting, and Surveillance in China
- 26 Men Who Have Sex with Men and HIV/AIDS Prevention in China
- 27 Trends in Injection Drug Use and the HIV Epidemic in Southern China
- 28 Infectious Diseases in Asia: Implications for Global Health
- IV: Prevention Efforts and Treatment Options
- 29 The Role of Antiretroviral Therapy in Asia
- 30 Pediatric AIDS in Asia: Prevention, Treatment, and Government Intervention
- 31 Needs and Responses: Children Orphaned and Made Vulnerable by HIV/AIDS in the Mekong Subregion
- 32 Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Thailand: Striding towards Access to HAART for the Family
- 33 Prevention of Sexual STUHIV Transmission in Jiangsu Province, China
- V: The Decisive Battleground
- 34 AIDS in Asia: What Can We Learn from the Rest of the World?
- 35 Preventive HIV-1 Vaccines: Prelicensure Development
- 36 United States Department of Defense HIV-1 Vaccine Development in Thailand
- 37 The Thailand MoPH-U.S. CDC Collaboration in Asia
- 38 Japan’s Collaboration with Thailand in the Development of an HIV/AIDS Vaccine
- 39 Developing Countries: A Force in the Global Fight against HIV/AIDS.
- I: Snapshots of HIV/AIDS in Asia
- 1 HIV/AIDS in Thailand
- 2 History of HIV in India
- 3 The Chinese HIV/AIDS Epidemic and Current Response,
- 4 HIV/AIDS and Public Health Care in the Greater Mekong River Region: Origin, Disease Damage, Control and Regional Collaboration
- 5 Update on HIV/AIDS in Japan, 2003
- 6 HIV/AIDS in Malaysia
- 7 HIV/AIDS in Indonesia: Dynamics and Challenges in the Emergence of the National Response
- 8 HIV/AIDS in the Philippines
- 9 Evolving HIV Epidemic in Pakistan
- 10 HIV/AIDS in Nepal: Context, Current Situation, Response
- 11 Sri Lanka’s Response to an Emerging HIV/AIDS Epidemic
- 12 HIV/AIDS in Taiwan
- 13 HIV/AIDS in Hong Kong: The Emergence and Impact of an Epidemic
- 14 HIV/AIDS in Hawaii and the Pacific Islands
- 15 HIV/AIDS Preparedness in the CIS, Baltic, East and Southeast Europe, and The Balkans. A Situation Report
- II: Molecular Epidemiology, Genetic Diversity, and Overlaps with Endemic Disease