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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.Edition: 1st edDescription: xi, 244 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199641147
  • 0199641145
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.9792 23
LOC classification:
  • RA643.8 .C73 2013
NLM classification:
  • 2013 H-439
  • QW 168.5.H6
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?"--Book jacket.
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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.

"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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