Jacques Pépin

The Origins of AIDS

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 396
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 722g
• ISBN-13: 9781108487498
• ISBN-10: 1108487491
• Artikelnr.: 59639917

Autorenporträt

Jacques Pépin is Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at Université de Sherbrooke, Canada. He has conducted research on infectious diseases in sixteen African countries.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Out of Africa
2. The Source
3. The Timing
4. The Cut Hunter
5. The Scramble for Central Africa
6. Tropical Boom Towns
7. The Oldest Profession
8. Injections and the Transmission of Viruses
9. The Legacies of French Colonial Medicine
10. The Legacies of Belgian Tropical Medicine
11. The Other Human Immunodeficiency Viruses
12. From the Congo to the Caribbean
13. The Blood Trade
14. A Long Journey
15. Globalisation
16. A False Villain, a Genuine Hero
17. Epilogue