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050	1	4	_aRA643.8 _b.A38 2008
090			_aTOPIC RA 643.8 .A38 2008
245	0	0	_aAIDS / _cViqi Wagner, book editor.
260			_aDetroit : _bGreenhaven Press, _cc2008.
300			_a253 p. ; _c24 cm.
490	1		_aOpposing viewpoints series
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aWhy consider opposing viewpoints? -- Introduction -- ch. 1. What is the state of the global AIDS epidemic? -- Chapter preface -- 1. The global AIDS epidemic is a growing threat / Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and World Health Organization -- 2. The global AIDS epidemic is exaggerated / James P. Hogan -- 3. AIDS is devastating Africa / Robert Hecht, et al. -- 4. The prevalence of AIDS in Africa is overstated / Craig Timberg -- 5. AIDS is a crisis in Black America / Claudia Kalb and Andrew Murr -- 6. China must face the possibility of an explosive AIDS epidemic / Richard Burger -- 7. China is confronting HIV/AIDS / Sabin Russell -- Periodical bibliography -- ch. 2. What causes AIDS? -- Chapter preface -- 1. HIV causes AIDS / Rob Noble -- 2. HIV does not cause AIDS / Christine Maggiore -- 3. HIV spread to humans through the Cameroon bushmeat trade / Mary Carmichael -- 4. HIV spread to humans through African oral polio vaccines / Edward Hooper -- 5. HIV is a man-made product of genetic engineering and medical research / Alan Cantwell -- 6. HIV is primarily transmitted through heterosexual intercourse / Nancy Padian -- 7. Heterosexual transmission of HIV is negligible / Michael Fumento -- Periodical bibliography. ch. 3. How can the spread of AIDS be controlled? -- 1. An AIDS vaccine would significantly slow the spread of AIDS / International AIDS Vaccine Initiative -- 2. Prospects for an AIDS vaccine are dim / Richard Horton -- 3. Widespread routine HIV testing is needed to control the spread of AIDS / Bernard M. Branson, et al. -- 4. HIV testing alone is ineffective and violates individual rights / Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project -- 5. Abstinence-based AIDS prevention programs effectively stem the spread of AIDS / U.S. Agency for International Development -- 6. Abstinence-based AIDS prevention programs fail to halt the global epidemic / Jonathan Cohen and Tony Tate -- 7. The Catholic Church should endorse condom use to reduce HIV infection / James Carroll -- 8. The Catholic Church must oppose condom use for HIV/AIDS prevention / Alfonso Lopez Trujillo -- Periodical bibliography. ch. 4. How should AIDS be treated? -- Chapter preface -- 1. AIDS drug treatments are deadly / Celia Farber -- 2. The benefits of AIDS drug treatments far outweigh the risks / Bob Funkhouser -- 3. HIV drug resistance is a growing concern / AIDSmeds.com -- 4. Alternative nutritional AIDS treatments are safe and effective / Matthias Rath and Aleksandra Niedzwiecki -- 5. Alternative nutritional AIDS treatments are deadly quackery / Ian Hodgson -- 6. Treating tuberculosis is critical in AIDS interventions / Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator -- Periodical bibliography -- For further discussion -- Organizations to contact -- Bibliography of books -- Index.
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700	1		_aWagner, Viqi. _9170499
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