Virus hunt : the search for the origin of HIV / Dorothy H. Crawford.

By:

Crawford, Dorothy H

Publication details: Great Britain: Oxford University Press, 2013.Edition: First editionDescription: xi, 244 p.: illustrations, mapsISBN:

9780199641147
0199641145

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DDC classification:

616.9792 CRA-V

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.

Summary: "AIDS was first described in 1981 and just under three years later the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) was discovered. Confirming that HIV causes AIDS--now accepted by virtually all scientists--took rather longer. But where did HIV come from? When did it first infect us? How did it manage to spread so widely?"--

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-228), glossary, and index.

"AIDS was first described in 1981 and just under three years later the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) was discovered. Confirming that HIV causes AIDS--now accepted by virtually all scientists--took rather longer. But where did HIV come from? When did it first infect us? How did it manage to spread so widely?"--

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