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Epidemiology of HIV

Natural Science of HIV


		Biology of HIV Infection and Treatment


		Clinical Laboratory Methods

Diagnosis and Clinical Management of HIV


		Primary Care


		Antiretroviral Therapy


		Systems of Care

Clinical Manifestations of HIV

Infections Associated with HIV


		Bacterial Infections


		Fungal Infections


		Viral Infections


		Parasitic Infections

Malignancies Associated with HIV


		Kaposi Sarcoma and Human Herpesvirus 8


		Lymphoma


		Human Papilloma Virus-Associated Neoplasms

Transmission and Prevention of HIV


		Concepts and Techniques of HIV Prevention


		Modes of Transmission and Interventions


		HIV Vaccines


		HIV Transmission and Prevention in Specific Populations

HIV Policy


		Global


		United States

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Epidemiology of HIV

		Epidemiology of HIV in the United States Dennis H. Osmond, PhD

		History and Origins of the HIV Epidemic

Natural Science of HIV

Biology of HIV Infection and Treatment

		Molecular Insights Into HIV Biology Warner C. Greene, MD, PhD, and B. Matija Peterlin, MD

		Structure, Expression, and Regulation of the HIV Genome Thomas J. Hope, PhD, and Didier Trono, MD

		Immunopathogenesis of HIV Infection Michael M. Lederman, MD, Benigno Rodriguez, MD, MSc, and Scott Sieg, PhD

		HIV Vaccine Development

Clinical Laboratory Methods

		HIV Antibody Assays Niel Constantine, PhD

		Nucleic Acid-Based HIV-1 Viral Load Assays Teri J. Liegler, PhD, and Robert M. Grant, MD, MPH

		HIV Viral Antigen Assays Niel Constantine, PhD

		Assays for Antiretroviral Resistance Robert W. Shafer, MD

		Assays to Detect Host Immune Responses to HIV Helen Horton, PhD, and M. Juliana McElrath, MD, PhD

Diagnosis and Clinical Management of HIV

Primary Care

		Clinical Overview of HIV Disease C. Bradley Hare, MD

		How to Tell Patients They Have (or Do Not Have) HIV Paul A. Volberding, MD

		Epidemiology of Disease Progression in HIV Dennis H. Osmond, PhD

		Primary Care of Patients with HIV

		Coping with the Psychological Stressors of HIV

		Managing Medical Conditions Associated with Cardiac Risk in Patients with HIV Daniel Wlodarczyk, MD

		Symptom Management Guidelines Lisa Capaldini, MD

		Adverse Events Due to Non-Antiretroviral Medications During Treatment of HIV-Related Infections and Complications Ian McNicholl, PharmD Christine Jamjian, PharmD

		Immunizations and HIV Frederick M. Hecht, MD Annie Luetkemeyer, MD

		Infection and Travel in Patients with HIV Disease Janice K. Louie, MD, MPH, DTM&H Harry W. Lampiris, MD

		Nutritional Issues in HIV

		Diagnosis and Management of Primary (Acute) HIV Infection

		Women and HIV

		Primary Care of Infants and Children with HIV

		Primary Care of Adolescents with HIV

		HIV and Aging

		Care of HIV Infection in the Developing World

Antiretroviral Therapy

		Overview of Antiretroviral Drugs Susa Coffey, MD, and Laurence Peiperl, MD

		Clinical Implications of Immune Reconstitution in AIDS Mark A. Jacobson, MD

		Genotypic Testing for HIV-1 Drug Resistance Robert W. Shafer, MD

		Side Effects of Antiretroviral Drugs

		Interactions of Antiretroviral Drugs

		Metabolic Complications of HIV Therapy Dominic C. Chow, MD, Larry J. Day, MD, Scott A. Souza, PharmD, and Cecilia M. Shikuma, MD

		Adherence to HIV Antiretroviral Therapy Edward L. Machtinger, MD, and David R. Bangsberg, MD

		Antiretroviral Treatment Monitoring in Developing Countries

Systems of Care

		Solid-Organ Transplantation in HIV-Infected Individuals George Beatty, MD

		Critical Care of Patients with HIV Kristina Crothers, MD, and Laurence Huang, MD

		Surgery in Patients with HIV William P. Schecter, MD, and Peter Stock, MD

		Outpatient Administration of Intravenous Therapies in HIV Infection Huey-Ling Lei, RN, MSN, Edward Lor, PharmD, Christine Schwartz, RD, Hopkins Stanley, RN, ACRN, and Mark Jacobson, MD

		Inpatient Management of Adults with Advanced HIV Disease Anne M. Hughes, RN, MN, FNP, and Diane Jones, RN

		Care of Injection Drug Users Steven L. Batki, MD, and James L. Sorensen, PhD

		Substance Abuse and HIV

		Community-Based Care in the Developing World

		Palliative Care of Patients with HIV Alison Ludwig, MD, and Eva Chittenden, MD

Clinical Manifestations of HIV

		Dermatologic Manifestations of HIV Toby A. Maurer, MD, and Timothy G. Berger, MD

		Neurologic Manifestations of HIV Dawn McGuire, MD

		AIDS Dementia Complex Richard W. Price, MD

		HIV-Associated Psychiatric Disorders

		Pulmonary Manifestations of HIV Laurence Huang, MD

		Cardiac Manifestations of HIV Nina Rakhlin, MD, Priscilla Hsue, MD, and Melvin D. Cheitlin, MD

		Endocrine Manifestations of HIV Marc K. Hellerstein, MD

		HIV-Associated Wasting Kathleen Mulligan, PhD, and Morris Schambelan, MD

		Hematologic Manifestations of HIV Donald W. Northfelt, MD

		Renal Manifestations of HIV Andy I. Choi, MD, MAS, and Rudolph A. Rodriguez, MD

		Gastrointestinal Manifestations of HIV Johannes Koch, MD, Lawrence S. Kim, MD, and Scott Friedman, MD

		Ophthalmic Manifestations of HIV Irma Ahmed, MD, Everett Ai, MD, Eugene Chang, MD, and Alan Luckie, MB, ChB

		Otolaryngologic Manifestations of HIV Kelvin C. Lee, MD, and Thomas A. Tami, MD

		Oral Manifestations of HIV Deborah Greenspan, DSC, BDS

		Rheumatologic and Musculoskeletal Manifestations of HIV Nancy Lane, MD

		Radiographic Assessment of HIV-Associated Diseases Philip C. Goodman, MD

Infections Associated with HIV

Bacterial Infections

		Serious Bacterial Infections in Children with HIV Shirley Jankelevich, MD

		Pneumococcal Infection Charles L. Daley, MD

		Bartonella: Bacillary Angiomatosis and Peliosis Jane E. Koehler, MD

		Syphilis Christopher S. Hall, MD, MS, and Gail Bolan, MD

		Mycobacterium avium Complex and Atypical Mycobacterial Infections Mark A. Jacobson, MD, and Judith A. Aberg, MD

		Tuberculosis Annie Luetkemeyer, MD

Fungal Infections

		Pneumocystosis Gifford S. Leoung, MD

		Candidiasis Carl J. Fichtenbaum, MD, and Judith A. Aberg, MD

		Cryptococcosis Judith A. Aberg, MD, and William G. Powderly, MD

		Histoplasmosis Erika M. Young, DO, and Mitchell Goldman, MD

		Aspergillosis Amy Sturt, MD, and Judith A. Aberg, MD

		Coccidioidomycosis Judith A. Aberg, MD

		Paracoccidioidomycosis Judith A. Aberg, MD

		Penicilliosis Woraphot Tantisiriwat, MD, and Judith A. Aberg, MD

		Blastomycosis Judith A. Aberg, MD

Viral Infections

		Varicella-Zoster Virus Kim S. Erlich, MD, and Sharon Safrin, MD

		Herpes Simplex Virus Jared M. Baeten, MD, PhD and Connie Celum, MD, MPH

		Cytomegalovirus W. Lawrence Drew, MD, PhD, and Jacob P. Lalezari, MD

		Hepatitis B and HIV Coinfection Annie Luetkemeyer, MD

		Hepatitis C and HIV Coinfection Annie Luetkemeyer, MD

Parasitic Infections

		Cryptosporidiosis, Cyclosporiasis, and Isosporiasis Carolyn Petersen, MD

		Microsporidiosis Carolyn Petersen, MD

		Toxoplasmosis Carlos S. Subauste, MD

		Malaria James Whitworth, MD, FRCP

Malignancies Associated with HIV

Kaposi Sarcoma and Human Herpesvirus 8

		Human Herpesvirus-8, Kaposi Sarcoma, and AIDS-Associated Neoplasms Corey Casper, MD, MPH

		Clinical Characteristics of Kaposi Sarcoma Susan E. Krown, MD

		Treatment of HIV-Associated Kaposi Sarcoma Jamie H. Von Roenn, MD

Lymphoma

		Pathogenesis of HIV-Associated Lymphoma Valerie L. Ng, MD, PhD, and Michael S. McGrath, MD, PhD

Human Papilloma Virus-Associated Neoplasms

		Clinical Management of Lower Genital Tract Neoplasia among Women with HIV Priscilla Abercrombie, RN, NP, PhD

		Anogenital Neoplasia J. Michael Berry, MD, and Joel M. Palefsky, MD

Transmission and Prevention of HIV

Concepts and Techniques of HIV Prevention

		Effective Behavioral Interventions

		Counseling and Testing for HIV

		Theory and Practice of Client-Centered Counseling and Testing Nicolas Sheon, PhD

Modes of Transmission and Interventions

		Sexual Transmission of HIV

		Safer Sex Methods Tim Lane, PhD, MPH, and Herminia Palacio, MD, MPH

		Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission

		Microbicides and Female Controlled Prevention Technologies

		Prophylaxis Following Occupational Exposure to HIV

		Prophylaxis Following Nonoccupational Exposure to HIV

		Transmission of HIV by Blood, Blood Products, Tissue Transplantation, and Artificial Insemination Elizabeth Donegan, MD

		Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention in High-Prevalence Countries

		Antiretroviral Treatment as HIV Prevention

HIV Vaccines

		Policy Issues in AIDS Vaccine Development Chris Collins, MPP

HIV Transmission and Prevention in Specific Populations

		Epidemiology and HIV Transmission in Injection Drug Users Jeffrey H. Burack, MD, MPP, BPhil, and David Bangsberg, MD, MPH

		HIV Prevention in Injection Drug Users David R. Gibson, PhD

		HIV Transmission and Prevention in Adolescents Douglas Kirby, PhD

		HIV Transmission and Prevention in Gay Men and other MSM

		Systematic Review of HIV Behavioral Prevention Research in African Americans Lynae A. Darbes, PhD, Gail E. Kennedy, MPH, Greet Peersman, PhD, Lev Zohrabyan, MD, MPH, and George W. Rutherford, MD

		Systematic Review of HIV Behavioral Prevention Research in Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Lynae A. Darbes, PhD, Gail E. Kennedy, MPH, Greet Peersman, PhD, Lev Zohrabyan, MD, MPH, and George W. Rutherford, MD

		Systematic Review of HIV Behavioral Prevention Research in Latinos Lynae A. Darbes, PhD, Gail E. Kennedy, MPH, Greet Peersman, PhD, Lev Zohrabyan, MD, MPH, and George W. Rutherford, MD

		HIV Transmission and Prevention in Native Americans

		HIV Transmission and Prevention in Transgender People

		Integrating HIV Prevention into the Care of People with HIV Grant Colfax, MD, and Carol Dawson-Rose, RN, PhD

HIV Policy

Global

		Resource Allocation

		Treatment Access

		Socioeconomic Impact of HIV/AIDS

		Ethical Dimensions Leslie E. Wolf, JD, MPH, and Bernard Lo, MD

		Cost-Effectiveness of HIV Prevention in Developing Countries Elliot Marseille, DrPH, MPP, Stephen F. Morin, PhD, Chris Collins, MPP, Todd Summers, Thomas J. Coates, PhD, and James G. Kahn, MD, MPH

		Human Rights Sofia Gruskin, JD, MIA, and Daniel Tarantola, MD

		Forced Migration and Transmission of HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections: Policy and Programmatic Responses Therese McGinn, MPH, Susan J. Purdin, MPH, RN, Sandra Krause, MPH, BSN, and Rachel K. Jones, MA

		Sexual Violence

		Orphans and Affected Families

		Policy Issues in AIDS Vaccine Development Chris Collins, MPP

		HIV/AIDS and the Workplace

		Education Sector Response to HIV

		Debt Relief and Poverty

		Food Security and HIV/AIDS

		The Stigma of HIV Infection

United States

		Health Care Financing

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