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top ten Aids/HIV books

Book selection for World Aids Day

In honor of World Aids Day, Elsevier is highlighting this month 10 top related book titles. From books dedicated to living with AIDS through to illustrated titles on the treatment of HIV, check out our selection below.

Comprehensive Review of Infectious Diseases

1. Comprehensive Review of Infectious Diseases

Perfect for quick reference in clinical practice and covering challenging areas frequently covered on the boards, including HIV and antiretroviral therapy. This book provides 450 case-based, board-style, multiple-choice questions and answers for test prep and self-assessment. With hundreds of high-quality illustrations, tables, high-yield boxes and bulleted lists.

Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases

2. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases

In comparison to other infectious disease resources, this book provides more in-depth coverage of epidemiology, etiology, pathology, microbiology, immunology and treatment of infectious diseases. It’s been a trusted resource for physicians for over four decades and provides expert guidance on the diagnosis and treatment of complex infectious disorders, including HIV.

Netter's Infectious Diseases, 2nd Edition

3. Netter's Infectious Diseases, 2nd Edition

Covering major conditions and problems such as vaccine-preventable diseases, drug-resistant staph, community acquired pneumonia, surgical infections, pyelonephritis, viral hepatitis, and sexually transmitted infections, Netter’s Infectious Diseases, 2nd Edition delivers must-know information on infectious diseases in a highly illustrated, easily accessible format. The book provides updated approaches to diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and standards of care.

Feigin and Cherry's Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 8th Edition

4. Feigin and Cherry's Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 8th Edition

Whilst not dedicated to HIV, Pediatric Infectious Diseases contains a subsection on retroviridae making it number 4 on the list. This issue offers full-colour design, colour images, guidelines, and content, reflecting today's more aggressive infectious and resistant strains, such as HIV, as well as emerging and re-emerging diseases. It also provides detailed information regarding the best means to establish a diagnosis, explicit recommendations for therapy, and the most appropriate uses of diagnostic imaging.

Graphic Guide to Infectious Disease

5. Graphic Guide to Infectious Disease

A unique take on medical education, this book combines comic book style illustration, humour and memorable artwork to enhance the reader’s knowledge of medical conditions and diseases, including a section on AIDS: Opportunistic Infections. The book uses visual learning to boost memorization, long-term retention, and exam performance. The quirky take on learning makes this number 5 in the Top 10.

HIV, An Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 1st Edition

6. HIV, An Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 1st Edition

In this state-of-the-art issue of Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, clinical review articles from expert authors are devoted to HIV. Topics include HIV diagnostics, update on HIV prevention, initial assessment, reproduction options for people with HIV, HIV and addiction and HIV and aging.

Sexually Transmitted Infections An Issue of Nursing Clinics, 1st Edition

7. Sexually Transmitted Infections An Issue of Nursing Clinics, 1st Edition

A comprehensive update on sexually transmitted infections, the clinical reviews in this issue focus on improving patient care and outcomes in patients with sexually transmitted infections. Topics include psychosocial aspects and ethical concerns of STI treatment and management, new guidelines for STI treatment and management in adults and adolescents, and updates on pharmacology of HIV.

Rang & Dale's Pharmacology, 9th Edition

8. Rang & Dale's Pharmacology, 9th Edition

With a section on anti-viral drugs touching on the treatment of HIV, this fully revised 9th edition provides information on new and emerging drugs and recent studies. With access to unique features online, including more than 100 brand new chapter-specific multiple-choice questions and 6 new cases for immediate self-assessment, it’s number 8 on our list.

Hunter’s Tropical Medicine & Emerging Infectious Diseases

9. Hunter’s Tropical Medicine & Emerging Infectious Diseases

Including a chapter on HIV, Tuberculosis, Malaria and Streptococcus pneumoniae, this book makes number 9. This 10th edition keeps you up-to-date with everything from infectious diseases and environmental issues through poisoning and toxicology, and nutritional and micronutrient deficiencies that result from traveling to tropical or subtropical regions.

Risk Management in Transfusion Medicine

10. Risk Management in Transfusion Medicine

As a related title, Risk Management in Transfusion Medicine presents a summary of modern techniques for reducing harm during all transfusion practice phases, including blood collection, processing, testing and transfusion. A one-stop resource for mitigating various levels of risk in a transfusion setting. Number 10 on our list.