HIV/AIDS : (Record no. 23435)
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| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | VRT |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20250102224919.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 081220s2008 enka |b 001 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780192806925 (pbk.) |
| 039 #9 - LEVEL OF BIBLIOGRAPHIC CONTROL AND CODING DETAIL [OBSOLETE] | |
| Level of rules in bibliographic description | 201402040114 |
| Level of effort used to assign nonsubject heading access points | VLOAD |
| Level of effort used to assign subject headings | 201010020956 |
| Level of effort used to assign classification | malmash |
| Level of effort used to assign subject headings | 200812211348 |
| Level of effort used to assign classification | venkatrajand |
| Level of effort used to assign subject headings | 200812201426 |
| Level of effort used to assign classification | Noora |
| -- | 200812201425 |
| -- | Noora |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | RA643.8 |
| Item number | .W483 2008 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Whiteside, Alan. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 49454 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | HIV/AIDS : |
| Remainder of title | A Very Short Introduction / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Alan Whiteside. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Oxford ; |
| -- | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Oxford University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | c2008. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | [xix], 147 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 18 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-141) and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1. The emergence and state of the HIV/AIDS epidemic; 2. How HIV/AIDS works and scientific responses; 3. The factors that shape different epidemics; 4. Illness, deaths, and populations; 5. The impact of AIDS on production and people; 6. AIDS and politics; 7. Responding to HIV/AIDS; 8. The next 25 years |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | HIV/AIDS is without doubt the worst epidemic to hit humankind since the Black Death. The first case was identified in 1981; by 2004 it was estimated that about 40 million people were living with the disease, and about 20 million had died. Despite rapid scientific advances there is still no cure and the drugs are expensive and toxic. Because of controversies and taboos surrounding safe drug usage and prostitution, the numbers of people infected continues to rise. However, it is in the developing world and especially parts of Africa that the real catastrophe is unfolding. In some of the worst affected countries life expectancy has plummeted to below 35 years, which has led to a serious decline in economic growth, a sharp rise in orphaning, and the imminent collapse of health care systems. The news is not all bleak though. There have been unprecedented breakthroughs in understanding diseases and developing drugs. Because the disease is so closely linked to sexual activity and drug use, the need to understand and change behaviour has caused us to reassess what it means to be human and how we should operate in the globalising world. This Very Short Introduction provides an introduction to the disease, tackling the science, the international and local politics, the fascinating demographics, and the devastating consequences of the disease, and explores how we have -- and must -- respond. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | AIDS (Disease). |
| 9 (RLIN) | 49455 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | HIV infections. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 49456 |
| 650 12 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | HIV Infections. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 49457 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
| Suppress in OPAC | No |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Library of Congress Classification | Library | Library | First Floor | 21/12/2024 | RA643.8 .W483 2008 | 10397 | 23/02/2025 | 1 | 21/12/2024 | Books |