From an international expert editor and contributor team, this new sixth edition includes expanded coverage of HIV testing, assessment and routine follow up and new chapters outlining problematic conditions associated with HIV and AIDS.

Table of Contents

• Contributors
• Preface
• 1 Development of the Epidemic - B. Sultan and M. W. Adler
• 2 Immunology of HIV-1 Infection - M. Noursadeghi and D. Pillay
• 3 Viral Assays Used in the Diagnosis and Management of HIV Infection - A. M. Geretti and P. Vitiello
• 4 HIV Testing: Strategies to Prevent Late Diagnosis - A. Palfreeman and E. Fox
• 5 Clinical Staging and Natural History of Untreated HIV Infection - M. Tenant-Flowers and A. Mindel
• 6 Routine Assessment and Follow-up of the Newly Diagnosed HIV-positive Individual - L. Waters and D. Asboe
• 7 Tumours in HIV - M. Bower
• 8 The Lung and HIV - S. Doffman and R. F. Miller
• 9 HIV and Tuberculosis Co-infection - F. Perrin, R. Breen and M. Lipman
• 10 The Gut and HIV - B. Gazzard and M. Nelson
• 11 Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease - R. Gilson and H. Price
• 12 Neurological Manifestations - H. Manji and R. F. Miller
• 13 The Eye and HIV - C. Younan, W. Lynn and S. Lightman
• 14 The Skin and HIV - R. Morris-Jones and E. Higgins
• 15 The Kidney and HIV - J. Booth and J. Connolly
• 16 Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV - P. French
• 17 Women and HIV - C. Wilkinson and D. Mercey
• 18 HIV Infection in Children - P. McMaster and S. Stokes
• 19 Antiretroviral Drugs - P. Benn, G. Sethi and I. G. Williams
• 20 Pharmacopoeia of Treatments - J. Minton, G. Sethi and S. G. Edwards
• 21 Psychological and Mental Health Issues - B. Hedge
• 22 Strategies for Preventing HIV Transmission - J. Imrie and G. J. Hart
• 23 Patient and Community Perspective - G. Brough and N. Lubega
• 24 The Role of Patient Engagement - C. Sandford