Providing an introduction to HIV/AIDS, this book explains the science, the international and local politics, the demographics and the devastating consequences o

Providing an introduction to HIV/AIDS, this book explains the science, the international and local politics, the demographics, and the devastating consequences

Viruses are big news. From pandemics such as HIV, swine flu, and SARS, we are constantly being bombarded with information about new lethal infections. In this V

Mottier examines the questions around what shapes our sexuality asking if it is a product of our genes, or of society, culture or politics. The changing views o

As doctors and biologists have learned, to their dismay, infectious disease is a moving target: new diseases emerge every year, old diseases evolve into new for