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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 - HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 6!
INTRODUCTION 6!
BIOLOGY OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 8!
OTHER HUMAN RETROVIRUSES 22!
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF AIDS 25!
RISK GROUPS FOR HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION 33!
NATURAL HISTORY OF HIV INFECTION 34!
PROGRESSION OF HIV INFECTION 38!
IDIOPATHIC CD4+ T-LYMPHOCYTOPENIA 43!
PREVENTION OF HIV TRANSMISSION 44!
TREATMENT FOR AIDS 46!
CHAPTER 2 - DIAGNOSIS OF AIDS 60!
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 60!
PEDIATRIC HIV INFECTION AND AIDS 80!
CRITERIA FOR AIDS-RELATED COMPLEX 84!
OTHER CAUSES OF IMMUNOSUPPRESSION 85!
CHAPTER 3 - OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS IN AIDS 86!
PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI (CARINII) INFECTIONS 86!
CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS 90!
MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTIONS 92!
CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS INFECTIONS 100!
HERPESVIRUS INFECTIONS 102!
CANDIDA INFECTIONS 106!
