The origins of AIDS /
Pepin, Jacques,
The origins of AIDS / Jacques Pepin. - Second Edition. - Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2021. - xix, 374 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction
Out of Africa
The source
The timing
The cut hunter
The scramble for Central Africa
Tropical boom towns
The oldest profession
Injections and the transmission of viruses
The legacies of French colonial medicine
The legacies of Belgian tropical medicine
The other human immunodeficiency viruses
From the Congo to the Caribbean
The blood trade
A long journey
Globalisation
A false villain, a genuine hero
Epilogue
It is now forty years since the discovery of AIDS, but its origins continue to puzzle doctors and scientists. In this updated edition of his acclaimed book, Jacques Pepin traces the origins and amplification of AIDS, and describes the events that transformed a chimpanzee virus into a global pandemic." -- Provided by the publisher
9781108720397
Emerging infectious diseases
HIV infections
AIDS (Disease)--Africa
Retroviruses
AIDS (Disease)--Epidemiology
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome history
Disease Vectors
RA643.86.A35 / PEP
The origins of AIDS / Jacques Pepin. - Second Edition. - Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2021. - xix, 374 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction
Out of Africa
The source
The timing
The cut hunter
The scramble for Central Africa
Tropical boom towns
The oldest profession
Injections and the transmission of viruses
The legacies of French colonial medicine
The legacies of Belgian tropical medicine
The other human immunodeficiency viruses
From the Congo to the Caribbean
The blood trade
A long journey
Globalisation
A false villain, a genuine hero
Epilogue
It is now forty years since the discovery of AIDS, but its origins continue to puzzle doctors and scientists. In this updated edition of his acclaimed book, Jacques Pepin traces the origins and amplification of AIDS, and describes the events that transformed a chimpanzee virus into a global pandemic." -- Provided by the publisher
9781108720397
Emerging infectious diseases
HIV infections
AIDS (Disease)--Africa
Retroviruses
AIDS (Disease)--Epidemiology
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome history
Disease Vectors
RA643.86.A35 / PEP