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AIDS & Science, with fascinating detail and age-appropriate language, explains the science of the identification, treatment, and prevention of AIDS. This vitally important new book takes the reader through the initial discovery of the first AIDS/HIV cases in 1981 and where AIDS came from to how HIV can be transmitted from person to person. It also thoroughly covers today s various forms of treatment of the disease and the methods used to help prevent new cases of HIV and AIDS, including education in schools and through the media. The book goes on to explore the two decades of global research efforts to discover ways to prevent HIV/AIDS altogether, including the frustrating attempts to invent an AIDS vaccine. AIDS & Science includes many special features that make this already compelling topic even more fascinating: * over 60 full-color photos and illustrations * ask the expert sections, providing real answers to insightful questions * find out more sections, directing readers to additional resources * glossaries of terms at the beginning of each chapter, reinforcing important terms * real-life stories and events, providing examples to reinforce the text * excerpts from primary sources, modeling document-based questions and answers, providing cross-curriculum links. With an abundance of information, AIDS & Science is sure to make a deep impression on students and will help to increase their interest in science by exploring one of today s most important real-world problems. - from Amzon