TY  - BOOK
AU  - Crawford,Dorothy H.
TI  - Virus hunt: the search for the origin of HIV 
SN  - 9780199641147
AV  - RA643.8 .C73 2013
U1  - 616.9792 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - HIV (Viruses)
KW  - Research
KW  - Africa
KW  - HIV
KW  - gnd
KW  - Virologie
KW  - pathogenicity
KW  - Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
KW  - etiology
KW  - history
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-228) 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
N2  - "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
ER  -