Virus Hunt : The Search for the Origin of HIV / Dorothy H. Crawford.
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TextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013Edition: First editionDescription: xi, 244 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780199641147; 0199641145Subject(s): HIV (Viruses) -- Research | HIV (Viruses) -- Africa | HIV -- pathogenicity | Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- etiology | Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- history | HIV (Viruses) | HIV (Viruses) -- Research | Aids | Epidemiologie | HIV | Virologie | AfricaDDC classification: 616.9792 LOC classification: RA643.8 | .C73 2013NLM classification: 2013 H-439 | QW 168.5.H6Online resources: Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-228), glossary, and index.
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.
"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?"-- Book jacket.
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