Contents: Section I: Basics. 1. Introduction. 2. Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV/AIDS Infection. 3. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2 Infection. Section II: Anti-retro Viral Drugs. 4. Anti-retro Viral Drugs. 5. Anti-retro Viral Fixed Drug Combination. Section III: Treatment. 6. When to Initiate Anti-retro Viral Therapy? 7. What Anti-retro Viral Drugs to Start? 8. How to Monitor Anti-retro Viral Therapy? Section IV: Women and HIV. 9. Management of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV. 10. HIV Patients Desiring Pregnant. Section V: Opportunistic Infections. 11. Diagnosing Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Diseases. 12. Treatment of Tuberculosis in HIV. 13. Cryptococcal Meningitis-Diagnosis. 14. Treatment of Cryptococcal Meningitis. 15. Pneumocystis Jirovecii in Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Section VI: Special Problems. 16. HIV-associated Nephropathy. 17. Endocrinal Manifestations of HIV Infection. 18. Hematological Manifestations of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. 19. Skin Manifestations in HIV. 20. Bone Health in HIV/AIDS. 21. Co-infections with Hepatitis B and C. Section VII: Precautions. 22. Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis. 23. Postexposure Prophylaxis. Section VIII: Miscellaneous. 24. Palliative Care in HIV. 25. Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome. This book on HIV/ AIDS is a comprehensive manual which deals with various aspects of its diagnosis and treatment. It discusses the antiretroviral drugs available, pre-and-post-exposure prophylaxis and the effect of HIV on various important organs of the body like the kidneys, bones and liver. Because the body’s immune system is compromised it is also vulnerable to what are also known a ‘opportunistic infections with tuberculosis, cryptococcal meningitis and pneumocystics carinii. There have been remarkable advances in the management of the previously near fatal diseases and this publication describes them in some detail and gives reasons for hope.