Meet the editor

Dr Nancy Dumais is a Professor of Virology at the Université de Sherbrooke, Canada. She received her Diploma (M.Sc.) in Cellular and Molecular Biology and her Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Virology, in 1996 and 2001, respectively, both from the Université Laval in Canada. Thereafter, she was a Postdoctoral Researcher at McMaster University where she studied mucosal immunization against HIV. Her research interests include chemokines and

chemokine receptors in HIV-1 pathogenesis and cell migration. Her laboratory also investigates the roles of prostaglandins in HIV transcription and replication. Also, she is interested in scientific and health education. She gives lectures in molecular biology, microbiology, and virology at different universities.

Contents

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 17**

**Chapter 3 29**

**Chapter 4 53**

**Chapter 5 65**

Nutritional Status and Its Effect on Treatment Outcome

*by Negussie Boti Sidemo and Sultan Hussen Hebo*

Malnutrition in HIV/AIDS: Aetiopathogenesis *by Vangal K. Sashindran and Rajneesh Thakur*

Review of Current Practice and Recommendations

*Abdo Jurjus and Virginia Uhley*

*by Maria Jordanova Dimitrova*

in Diet to Enhance Health

Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia: Retrospective Cohort Study

HIV-Infected Children and Nutrition: The Friend and The Foe *by Inaya Hajj Hussein, Lara Youssef, Andrea Mladenovic, Angelo Leone,* 

Nutrition Habits in People Living with HIV/AIDS in Bulgaria:

Basic Principles of Nutrition, HIV and AIDS: Making Improvements

*by Ezinna E. Enwereji, Martina C. Ezeama and Prince E.N. Onyemachi*

among HIV-Infected Children Receiving First-Line Antiretroviral Therapy in Arba Minch General Hospital and Arba Minch Health Center,
