HIV Testing

HIV Testing

Edited by: Ricardo Sobhie Diaz

ISBN 978-953-307-871-7, Hard cover, 132 pages
Publisher: InTech
Publication date: January 2012
Subject: Infectious Diseases

It can be said that now is the best time for everyone infected to become aware of their own HIV status. The state of the art in HIV management progressively reveals that antiretroviral treatment can prevent transmission, as well as chronic damage in the human body, if started early. Unfortunately, antiretrovirals are not widely available in many places, especially in developing countries. In these parts of the world, diagnosis of HIV infection must be kept in the agenda as a priority, in order to understand specific details of local epidemics and as an effort to interrupt the chain of HIV transmission.

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