| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 260 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-247) and index. |
| Contents |
1. The Most Disarming Virus -- 2. The Rise of the Western AIDS Epidemic -- 3. HIV Baby Booms: Epidemics Rise and Fall -- 4. The Rain Forest Roots of HIV-1 -- 5. HIV-O and HIV-1: The Chimpanzee Connection -- 6. HIV-2: The Sooty Mangabey Connection -- 7. Searching for SIV in Monkey Mummies -- 8. Beyond SIV and HIV: The Cat Connection -- 9. The Mystery Suitor: HIV's Next Move -- 10. Viral Sex and AIDS: Response to Instability -- 11. Retrovirus Survival: The Human Threat -- 12. Human Survival: Vaccines to Disarm HIV. |
| Summary |
Discusses the origins of the HIV virus, its connection to the SIV virus in African monkeys, and historical events which triggered the AIDs epidemic in the 1970s. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
HIV (Viruses)
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HIV (Viruses) |
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HIV infections.
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HIV infections. |
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HIV -- genetics. |
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HIV Infections -- virology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
HIV/AIDS. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Goudsmit, Jaap, 1951- Viral sex. New York : Oxford University Press, 1997 (DLC) 96027910 |
| ISBN |
1423740580 (electronic book) |
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9781423740582 (electronic book) |
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160256048X |
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9781602560482 |
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9780195097283 |
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0195097289 |
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1280451327 |
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9781280451324 |
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0195097289 |
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