Nutrition and AIDS
1994
Watson, Ronald R (Ronald Ross)
Discusses cofactors that affect susceptability to the initial infection with retroviruses, including HIV-1, as well as cofactors that affect the rate that adults progress to the AIDS disease after infections with the HIV-1 virus. Topics covered include nutrition and AIDS in Africa; AIDS in Europe; nutrition in HIV-positive drug addicts; energy metabolism in HIV-infected patients; pathogenesis and clinical aspect of diarrhea and its effect on nutrition in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus; vitamins in HIV infection; the B-complex vitamins, immune regulation, cognitive function, and HIV-1 infection; ascorbic acid and AIDS; vitamin A and HIV infection; effect of HIV on metabolism and the relationship to muscle and body protein content; AIDS and food safety; specialized nutrition support; optimization of nutritional support in HIV disease; and AIDS and traditional food therapies.
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