AIDS and Tuberculosis places a clear emphasis on the increasing number of patients suffering from both tuberculosis and AIDS and is unique in combining expertise.

Using a multi-disciplinary approach the authors bring together the issues surrounding treatment of co-infection by highlighting the problems of treatment overlap and providing new data demonstrating exactly how this deadly liaison plays out.

Early chapters focus on immunology and the problems facing vaccination strategies for both diseases. Later chapters deal with some of the most threatening consequences of this co-infection, such as the emergence of drug resistant TB.

AIDS and Tuberculosis offers a refreshingly new and engaging analysis of this most challenging of topics and offer new therapeutic approaches by providing comprehensive understanding of both diseases.

Contents

Immunology and Vaccination Strategies for AIDS and TB

1. HIV Immunology and Prospects for Vaccines
2. Immune Response to Tuberculosis as Basis for Rational Vaccination Strategies
3. BCG Vaccination in the HIV+ Newborn

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