AIDS update 2007: an annual overview of acquired immune deficiency syndrome

Introduction: Histories of global pandemics, AIDS, Its place in history, Overview of HIV/AIDS, International AIDS Conferences and means of remembering - the AIDS quilt, Candlelight memorial, and World AIDS Day. 1. AIDS, Defining the disease and finding its cause

2. What causes AIDS: Origin of the AIDS virus

3. Biological characteristics and the AIDS virus

4. Anti-HIV therapy

5. The immunology of HIV disease/AIDs

6. Opportunistic infections and cancers associated with HIV disease/AIDS

7. A profile of biological indicators for HIV disease and progression to AIDS

8. Epidemiology and transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus

9. Preventing the transmission of HIV

10. Prevalence of HIV infections, AIDS cases, and deaths among select groups in the United States and in other countries

11. Prevalence of HIV infection and AIDS cases among women and children

12. Prevalence of HIV infection and IADS among young adults, Age 13-24

13. Testing for human immunodeficiency virus

AIDS and society: Knowledge, attitudes, and behavior.