Nevirapine and the Quest to End Pediatric AIDS
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2014
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-7780-7 (ISBN)
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-7780-7 (ISBN)
In 1999, investigators announced that a single dose of nevirapine, a new antiviral drug, could stop the spread of the AIDS virus from infected mothers to their newborn babies. It was a discovery that "changed the face of AIDS globally" but it came at a high price, after years of scientific research, political conflict, social unrest and the loss of many thousands of lives.
This book is the historical account of pediatric AIDS from the first reported cases in the early 1980s to the first effective treatments in the 1990s and then to the prevention of HIV infections altogether. It also includes the firsthand accounts and experiences of children infected with HIV, their families and the physicians who treated them, as well as the scientists who sought to understand the virus, discovered nevirapine's unique properties, and worked tirelessly to get it to the patients who needed it.
This book is the historical account of pediatric AIDS from the first reported cases in the early 1980s to the first effective treatments in the 1990s and then to the prevention of HIV infections altogether. It also includes the firsthand accounts and experiences of children infected with HIV, their families and the physicians who treated them, as well as the scientists who sought to understand the virus, discovered nevirapine's unique properties, and worked tirelessly to get it to the patients who needed it.
Writer Rebecca J. Anderson lives in Santa Barbara, California.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. Eureka!
2. The Second Time Around
3. A Star Is Born
4. A Cast of Thousands
5. In the Spotlight
6. The Christmas Tree
7. The Journey Begins, Finally
8. Patient Pressure Points
9. Resistance Is Futile—Or Not
10. A Rash Decision
11. The Road to Prevention
12. The Trifecta
13. Supply and Demand: Getting to PICNIC
14. Surrogates and Accelerated Approval
15. To Peds or Not to Peds
16. And the Winner Is...
17. Oh, Canada!
18. Into Africa
19. I Remember Montreal
20. The Kids’ Turn
21. Justice Delayed
22. Am-Bushed
23. If Nothing Else...
Epilogue
Chapter Notes
List of Author Interviews
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.1.2014 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 49 photos, notes, bibliography, index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 572 g |
| Themenwelt | Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Rechtsmedizin |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7864-7780-6 / 0786477806 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-7780-7 / 9780786477807 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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