Goudsmit, Jaap, 1951-
New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
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Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-247) and index.
- Discusses the origins of the HIV virus, its connection to the SIV virus in African monkeys, and historical events which triggered the AIDs epidemic in the 1970s.
- 1. The Most Disarming Virus — 2. The Rise of the Western AIDS Epidemic — 3. HIV Baby Booms: Epidemics Rise and Fall — 4. The Rain Forest Roots of HIV-1 — 5. HIV-O and HIV-1: The Chimpanzee Connection — 6. HIV-2: The Sooty Mangabey Connection — 7. Searching for SIV in Monkey Mummies — 8. Beyond SIV and HIV: The Cat Connection — 9. The Mystery Suitor: HIV’s Next Move — 10. Viral Sex and AIDS: Response to Instability — 11. Retrovirus Survival: The Human Threat — 12. Human Survival: Vaccines to Disarm HIV.
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