Overview
Analogous to other infections, evidence suggests that improved micronutrient intake may reduce HIV transmission and progression, as well as morbidity from common and opportunistic infections. This is important information, considering many in the world's HIV-infected population do not yet have access to anti-retroviral drugs. Micronutrients and HIV Infection presents current knowledge on the role of micronutrients in HIV and other infections - knowledge that can be used to improve case management and public health interventions.The book provides a comprehensive overview of micronutrients and HIV infection through a review of recently published human studies and intervention trials and other important epidemiology based literature. It begins by introducing the malnutrition-infection complex, Nutritionally Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, and the role of oxidative stress in infection. Then the book covers the history, biochemistry, biological functions, and food sources of individual micronutrients, and reviews their roles in host defense and resistance to infections in general, and HIV in particular. Finally, the book discusses how this information can be applied for the benefit of individuals with HIV and countries where HIV is widespread and treatment unavailable. Most of the world's 35 million people living with HIV are micronutrient deficient and have little access to HIV testing, counseling, and care. In addition to covering specific micronutrients, Micronutrients and HIV Infection presents a critical review of how existing micronutrient interventions can be promoted, expanded, and modified to reduce the magnitude and impact of the HIV pandemic.
Full Product Details
Author: Henrik Friis ,
Ira Wolinsky (Professor Emeritus, University of Houston, Texas, USA) ,
Ira Wolinsky (Professor Emeritus, University of Houston, Texas, USA) ,
William R. Beisel (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint: CRC Press Inc
Volume: Vol 39
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.10cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.556kg
ISBN: 9780849300851
ISBN 10: 0849300851
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 14 September 2001
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Nineteen authors from 6 countries, 11 of them with medical degrees, contributed the 11 chapters (citing 1009 references) of this very readable and well-edited book. For a multi-authored volume, Micronutrients and HIV Infection has remarkably and refreshingly little redundancy. Moreover, some authors discuss the adverse consequences of excessive nutrient exposure on the course of HIV and opportunistic infections and the nutrient-nutrient interactions that can arise from nutrient interventions. The book also offers some priceless teaching illustrations. - Noel W. Solomons and Monica Orozco in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 25
Nineteen authors from 6 countries, 11 of them with medical degrees, contributed the 11 chapters (citing 1009 references) of this very readable and well-edited book. ...For a multi-authored volume, Micronutrients and HIV Infection has remarkably and refreshingly little redundancy. Moreover, some authors discuss the adverse consequences of excessive nutrient exposure on the course of HIV and opportunistic infections and the nutrient-nutrient interactions that can arise from nutrient interventions. The book also offers some priceless teaching illustrations. - Noel W. Solomons and Monica Orozco in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 25
