Zeichner Steven L., Read Jennifer S. (ed.) Textbook of Pediatric HIV Care

Cambridge University Press, 2004. — 801 p.This comprehensive textbook provides the definitive account of effective care for pediatric HIV patients. Drawing on the massive and burgeoning published literature from a wide range of sources, this volume summarizes a wealth of information concerning the etiology of the disease and the best clinical care for this vulnerable group. It distils the very latest knowledge of virology, immunology, and pathogenesis and uses this to illuminate and explain management recommendations. Recently, many new agents for the treatment and prophylaxis of HIV infection and the opportunistic infections that accompany HIV infection have been developed, accompanied by many new ways of monitoring HIV infection in children. These new therapies and approaches to management are complicated, but the long-termhealth of HIV-infected childrendependsontheir meticulously correct application. This textbook explains, helps and guides the clinician through all these complexities to facilitate the best possible care for children with HIV infection.
Dr Steven L. Zeichner received his undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Chicago. He trained in pediatrics and infectious diseases at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He studies the basic biology of HIV and Kaposis, sarcoma-associated herpesvirus, and directs clinical trials of new therapies for HIV-infected children. He is based in Bethesda,Maryland, USA.
Dr Jennifer S. Read trained in pediatrics and pediatric infectious diseases (University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins University), tropical medicine (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), and epidemiology (Harvard University, National Institutes of Health). Her primary research interest is prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, both in the USA and globally. Among other awards, Dr. Read received the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society’s Young InvestigatorAward in2001. She is based in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.