AIDS & HIV in perspective : a guide to understanding the virus and its consequences / Barry D. Schoub.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1994.

xx, 268 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

What is AIDS and how does it manifest itself? -- The AIDS virus -- The disease mechanisms of HIV -- The transmission of HIV infection -- The AIDS test -- The anti-AIDS drugs -- The quest for the AIDS vaccine -- The ethics of AIDS -- Measuring the dimensions of the AIDS epidemic-AIDS epidemiology -- Conclusion-outlook for the future.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [254]-261) and index