Title | AIDS Testing [electronic resource] : A Comprehensive Guide to Technical, Medical, Social, Legal, and Management Issues / edited by Gerald Schochetman, J. Richard George |
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Imprint | New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1994 |
Edition | Second Edition |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0867-9 |
Descript | XIV, 411 p. online resource |
1. Introduction -- 1.Testing for Human Retrovirus Infections: Medical Indications and Ethical Considerations -- 2.Biology of Human Immunodeficiency Viruses -- 3.Immunology of HIV Infection -- 2. Laboratory Issues of Testing -- 4.FDA Regulation of HIV-Related Tests and Procedures -- 5.Detection of HIV Infection Using Serologic Techniques -- 6.Quality Control for HIV Testing -- 7.HIV Culture -- 8.Direct Detection of HIV Infection Using Nucleic Amplification Techniques -- 9.Use of Flow Cytometry to Enumerate Lymphocyte Populations in HIV Disease -- 10. Prognostic Indicators for Progression of HIV Disease -- 11.Testing for Other Human Retroviruses: HTLV-I and HTLV-II -- 3. Applications -- 12.HIV Testing in Blood Banks -- 13.HIV Testing for Organ and Tissue Transplantation -- 14.Programs for Routine, Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing of Patients in Acute-Care Hospitals -- 15.HIV Testing for Life Insurance -- 16.HIV Infection in Children -- 17.Molecular Epidemiology of AIDS -- 4. Psychosocial and Legal Issues -- 18.HIV Counseling and Testing: What Is It and How Well Does It Work? -- 19.Legal Aspects of AIDS: The Chasm Between Public Health Practices and Societal Norms -- 20.HIV Education in the Workplace -- 5. Management Issues -- 21.Standards of Laboratory Practice for HIV Testing -- 22.HIV Biosafety: Guidelines and Regulations -- 23.Management of Occupational Exposure to HIV -- 24. Preventing HIV Transmission in Health Care Settings