Virus Hunt : The search for the origin of HIV/AIDs

The hunt for the origin of the AIDS virus began over twenty years ago. It was a journey that went around the world and involved painstaking research to unravel how, when, and where the virus first infected humans.Dorothy H. Crawford traces the story back to the remote rain forests of Africa - home t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dorothy H Crawford
Format: Printed Book
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2013
Subjects:
HIV (Viruses) > Research. HIV (Viruses) > Africa. HIV > pathogenicity. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome > etiology. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome > history. HIV. Virologie.
Table of Contents:
  • The puzzle of HIV-1
  • Tracing HIV to its roots
  • The primate connection
  • From rainforest to research laboratory
  • Timing the jump
  • Vital first steps
  • The epic journey begins
  • Adapting to humans
  • The challenge of pandemics.

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