HIV, resurgent infections and population change in Africa /

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Imprint:Dordrecht : Springer, c2007.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 268 p.) : ill.
Language:English
Series:International studies in population ; v. 6
International studies in population ; v. 6.
Subject:Communicable diseases -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Epidemiology.
HIV infections -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Communicable Diseases -- Africa South of the Sahara.
HIV -- Africa South of the Sahara.
HIV Infections -- Africa South of the Sahara.
Africa South of the Sahara -- epidemiology.
Population -- Africa South of the Sahara.
Maladies infectieuses -- Afrique noire -- Épidémiologie.
Infections à VIH -- Afrique noire.
MEDICAL -- AIDS & HIV.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- AIDS & HIV.
Communicable diseases -- Epidemiology.
HIV infections.
Population.
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Population.
Afrique noire -- Population.
Africa, Sub-Saharan.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8884244
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Other authors / contributors:Caraël, Michel.
Glynn, Judith R.
ISBN:9781402061745
1402061749
9781402061738 (pbk.)
1402061730 (pbk.)
9781402061721 (hbk.)
1402061722 (hbk.)
9786611117344
6611117342
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Summary:Forty years ago, the age-old battle against infectious diseases as a major threat to human health was believed close to being won. However, by the late twentieth century, the increase of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases was evident in both low and high income countries. About 30 new infectious diseases have been identified in the last 20 years. Among the?new? diseases, and most importantly, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic, with 40 million persons infected and 25 million deaths since its first description, presents one of the most significant health, societal and sec.
Other form:Print version: HIV, resurgent infections and population change in Africa. Dordrecht : Springer, c2007 9781402061738 1402061730
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Forty years ago, the age-old battle against infectious diseases as a major threat to human health was believed close to being won. However, by the late twentieth century, the increase of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases was evident in both low and high income countries. About 30 new infectious diseases have been identified in the last 20 years. Among the "new" diseases, and most importantly, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic, with 40 million persons infected and 25 million deaths since its first description, presents one of the most significant health, societal and security challenges facing the global community. The interaction of HIV/AIDS with tuberculosis, malaria and bacterial infections have increased HIV-related morbidity and mortality, and in turn, the HIV pandemic has brought about devastating increases in tuberculosis.

Understanding the population impact and the dynamics of infection diseases in the most affected region is critical to efforts to reduce the morbidity and mortality of such infections, and for decisions on where to use limited resources in the fight against infections.

This book aims to contribute to these efforts by offering a demographic and epidemiological perspective on emerging and reemerging infections in sub-Saharan Africa.

Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 268 p.) : ill.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781402061745
1402061749
9781402061738 (pbk.)
1402061730 (pbk.)
9781402061721 (hbk.)
1402061722 (hbk.)
9786611117344
6611117342