The origins of AIDS / Jacques Pepin.

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Pepin, Jacques [author.]

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text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9781108720397

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LOC classification:

RA643.86.A35 PEP

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Summary: 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

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	GSU Library Epoch General Stacks	Non-fiction	RA643.86.A35PEP (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		50000005920

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

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