Author Description

"According to World Health Organization reports, infectious and parasitic diseases are the second leading cause of death in the world, and enteric pathogens are the leading cause of infectious disease; they cause almost two million deaths every year. This book takes a holistic approach to the prevention and control of infectious diseases from enteric pathogens, covering different concepts and approaches to address these challenging diseases, with special emphasis on HIV and AIDS. Several different approaches are examined, such as ayurvedic, bioinformatic, and fungal- and metal-based treatment of diseases in the first section. The remaining chapters fully focus on various approaches specifically to HIV and AIDS, one of the most challenging infectious disease known to mankind. Recent trends in HIV and AIDS research, ongoing treatments, case studies, and the major achievements are discussed. This book will be of vital interest to researchers, practitioners, healthcare agencies and institutions, and many others interested in examining holistic approaches to combatting infectious disease."--