TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pepin,Jacques
TI  - The origins of AIDS
SN  - 9781108720397
AV  - RA643.86.A35 PEP
PY  - 2021///
KW  - Emerging infectious diseases
KW  - HIV infections
KW  - AIDS (Disease)
KW  - Africa
KW  - Retroviruses
KW  - Epidemiology
KW  - Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome history
KW  - Disease Vectors
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -