HIV Infection in Children and Adolescents -

HIV Infection in Children and Adolescents

Raziya Bobat (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover
VIII, 322 Seiten
2021 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-35435-0 (ISBN)
106,99 inkl. MwSt

This book serves as a reference work on pediatric HIV infection and covers the full bandwidth of topics from an introduction to pathogenesis and epidemiology, over the transmission of the HI virus, to clinical manifestations, treatment, and prevention strategies. Diseases and disorders occurring in HIV infected persons are discussed in detail. The book covers special populations, such as neonates born to an HIV positive mother and adolescents and examines the specific ways of managing HIV disease in these patient groups. This is the first book to cover palliative care as well as ethical, legal and social issues of HIV infection. 

lt;p>Professor Raziya Bobat is an Associate Professor and Principal Specialist in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine. She is Head of the Paediatric Infectious Diseases Unit.

Professor Bobat is one of the pioneers in paediatric HIV infection in South Africa, with 30 years of experience in the field.  She established the first paediatric HIV clinic in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, at the King Edward VIII Hospital in Durban. To date, the clinic has provided thousands of children with HIV care and antiretrovirals.

Prof Bobat has published widely in the field of paediatric HIV infection, and conducted the first and only natural history study on vertically transmitted HIV infection, prior to the availability of ART. She has been the recipient of several large research grants, including, among others, from the NIH.  She has established a paediatric HIV research facility at the King Edward VIII hospital, leading to participation in several international studies.

She has been a member of several guidelines committees for paediatric HIV infection in South Africa, and has trained numerous doctors and nurses throughout the province of KwaZulu-Natal, both through outreach programmes, and through an HIV Diploma programme.

Prof Bobat was one of the recipients of a Service Excellence Award from KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC, on behalf of the UKZN Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) team. 

She is a founding member of the South African Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Past President of the South African Paediatric Association.

She was the recipient of an award from The Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative that allowed her to train in Paediatric HIV at the Baylor Institute in Houston, Texas. In addition, she spent a year gaining experience at the HIV unit in St Mary's Hospital, London.  

She was the recipient of an award from The Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative that allowed her to train in Paediatric HIV at the Baylor Institute in Houston, Texas. In addition, she spent a year gaining experience at the HIV unit in St Mary's Hospital, London.  

Foreword.- Introduction and Epidemiology.- Transmission and Pathogenesis.- Diagnosis.- Clinical Manifestation.- Management.- HIV and TB.- Opportunistic Infections.- Immunisation of HIV infected child.- Special Populations, Neonates and Adolescents.- Cure.- HIV and the Microbiome.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo VIII, 322 p. 35 illus., 29 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 567 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Mikrobiologie / Infektologie / Reisemedizin
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Infektiologie / Immunologie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
Schlagworte AIDS • antiretroviral therapy • clinical manifestation • co-infection • HIV exposure and infection • Immunisation • Infectious Diseases • perinatal HIV infection
ISBN-10 3-030-35435-0 / 3030354350
ISBN-13 978-3-030-35435-0 / 9783030354350
Zustand Neuware
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