ABC of HIV and AIDS

In June 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first evidence of a new disease that would later become known as Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Table of Contents 1 Development of the epidemic Binta Sultan and Michael W. Adler 2 Immunology of HIV‑1 infection Mahdad Noursadeghi and Deenan Pillay 3 Viral assays used in the diagnosis and management of HIV infection Anna Maria Geretti and Paola Vitiello 4 HIV testing: strategies to prevent late diagnosis Adrian Palfreeman and Emma Fox 5 Clinical staging and natural history of untreated HIV infection Melinda Tenant–Flowers and Adrian Mindel 6 Routine assessment and follow–up of the newly diagnosed HIV–positive individual Laura Waters and David Asboe 7 Tumours in HIV Mark Bower 8 The Lung and HIV Sarah Doffman and Robert F Miller 9 HIV and Tuberculosis Co–Infection Felicity Perrin, Ronan Breen and Marc Lipman 10 The Gut and HIV Brian Gazzard and Mark Nelson 11 Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease Richard Gilson and Huw Price   12 Neurological manifestations Hadi Manji and Robert F Miller 13 The eye and HIV Christine Younan, William Lynn and Sue Lightman 14 The skin and HIV Rachael Morris–Jones and Elisabeth Higgins   15 The kidney and HIV John Booth and John Connelly 16 STIs and HIV Patrick French   17 Women and HIV Chris Wilkinson and Danielle Mercey 18 HIV infection in children Paddy McMaster and Suzy Stokes 19 Antiretroviral drugs Paul Benn, Gulshan Sethi and Ian G Williams 20 Pharmacopoeia of treatments June Minton, Gulshan Sethi and Simon G. Edwards 21 Psychological and mental health issues Barbara Hedge 22 Strategies for preventing HIV transmission John Imrie and Graham J Hart 23 Patient and community perspective Garry Brough and and Namatovu Lubega 24 The role of patient engagement Christopher Sandford Index