The Epidemic: A Global History of AIDS

The Epidemic: A Global History of AIDS
by Jonathan Engel (Author)

Product Details
Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: Collins; 1 edition (September 19, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061144886

Book Description
From the Castro bathhouses to AZT and the denial of AIDS in South Africa, this sweeping look at AIDS covers the epidemic from all angles and across the world. Engel seamlessly weaves together science, politics, and culture, writing with an even hand—noting the excesses of the more radical edges of the ACT UP movement as well as the conservative religious leaders who thought AIDS victims deserved what they got.
The story of AIDS is one of the most compelling human dramas of our time, both in its profound tragedy and in the extraordinary scientific efforts impelled on its behalf. For gay Americans, it has been the story of the past generation, redefining the community and the community's sexuality. For the Third World, AIDS has created endless devastation, toppling economies, social structures, and whole villages and regions. And the worst may yet be to come: AIDS is expanding quickly into India, Russia, China, and elsewhere, while still raging in sub-Saharan Africa.
A distinguished medical historian, Engel lets his characters speak for themselves. Whether gay activists, government officials, public health professionals, scientists, or frightened parents of schoolchildren, they responded as best they could to tragic happenstance that emerged seemingly from nowhere. There is much drama here, and human weakness and heroism too. Writing with vivid immediacy, Engel allows us to relive the short but tumultuous history of a modern scourge.

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HIV I: Molecular Biology and Pathogenesis: Clinical Application

HIV I: Molecular Biology and Pathogenesis: Clinical Applications, Volume 56, Second Edition
by Kuan-Teh Jeang (Editor), J. Thomas August (Series Editor), Ferid Murad (Series Editor)

Product Details
Hardcover: 500 pages
Publisher: Academic Press; 2 edition (December 11, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0123736013

Book Description:
Although it is one of the most-widely studied viruses, many mysteries still remain about HIV. Covering the latest advances and challenges associated with clinical application of new antiviral drugs and vaccines, this revised edition is a companion to Murad:HIV-1: Molecular Biology and Pathogenesis, 2E. Leading investigators in HIV research present a timely picture of the molecular mechanisms which guide HIV-1 expression and replication and provide the most current clinical strategies for combating this virus.
* The latest developments in HIV-vaccine research
* New concepts in the discovery and design of novel anti-HIV drugs

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