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Virus hunt : the search for the origin of HIV

text Virus hunt : the search for the origin of HIV

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? W... Read more
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.

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xi, 244 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Publisher
Oxford University Press 2013

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 616.9792 CRA in Adult Non-fiction Available

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