AIDS Testing
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4612-6927-4 (ISBN)
1. Introduction.- 1.Testing for Human Retrovirus Infections: Medical Indications and Ethical Considerations.- 2.Biology of Human Immunodeficiency Viruses.- 3.Immunology of HIV Infection.- 2. Laboratory Issues of Testing.- 4.FDA Regulation of HIV-Related Tests and Procedures.- 5.Detection of HIV Infection Using Serologic Techniques.- 6.Quality Control for HIV Testing.- 7.HIV Culture.- 8.Direct Detection of HIV Infection Using Nucleic Amplification Techniques.- 9.Use of Flow Cytometry to Enumerate Lymphocyte Populations in HIV Disease.- 10. Prognostic Indicators for Progression of HIV Disease.- 11.Testing for Other Human Retroviruses: HTLV-I and HTLV-II.- 3. Applications.- 12.HIV Testing in Blood Banks.- 13.HIV Testing for Organ and Tissue Transplantation.- 14.Programs for Routine, Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing of Patients in Acute-Care Hospitals.- 15.HIV Testing for Life Insurance.- 16.HIV Infection in Children.- 17.Molecular Epidemiology of AIDS.- 4. Psychosocial and Legal Issues.- 18.HIV Counseling and Testing: What Is It and How Well Does It Work?.- 19.Legal Aspects of AIDS: The Chasm Between Public Health Practices and Societal Norms.- 20.HIV Education in the Workplace.- 5. Management Issues.- 21.Standards of Laboratory Practice for HIV Testing.- 22.HIV Biosafety: Guidelines and Regulations.- 23.Management of Occupational Exposure to HIV.- 24. Preventing HIV Transmission in Health Care Settings.
"AIDS Testing is useful to so many people that librarians will want to chain it to their shelves...This book makes a significant contribution to AIDS education and may help to promote the public health measures and behaviour modification needed to forestall catastrophe." Virus Research
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 7.12.2012 |
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Vorwort | W.R. Dowdle |
Zusatzinfo | XIV, 411 p. |
Verlagsort | New York, NY |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Mikrobiologie / Infektologie / Reisemedizin | |
Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4612-6927-X / 146126927X |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4612-6927-4 / 9781461269274 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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