An edition of The river (1999)

The river

a journey to the source of HIV and AIDS

1st ed.
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An edition of The river (1999)

The river

a journey to the source of HIV and AIDS

1st ed.
  • 7 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading

"Based on over a decade of research, involving more than 600 interviews and analysis of more than 4,000 scientific texts, The River examines the myriad theories about the origin of the AIDS epidemic - and reaches a stunning and startling conclusion." "Since the early nineties, serious HIV researchers have been aware that the most common variant of HIV - human immunodeficiency virus - is the direct descendant of an SIV - simian immunodeficiency virus - carried by African chimpanzees.".

"Many doctors and scientists think the transfer was "natural," the result of human/chimp encounters - either from the keeping of chimps as pets, or from hunting and skinning chimps for food.".

"Others, including Edward Hooper, believe it more likely that the transfer was the result of American and European medical interventions in Africa during the 1950s - and specifically the administration of more than a million doses of an experimental oral polio vaccine, some batches of which may have been manufactured from chimp kidneys. The maps of vaccinations and early AIDS cases are extraordinarily similar."--BOOK JACKET.

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English
Pages
1070

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Cover of: River
River: A Journey to the Source of HIV and AIDS
2011, Little Brown & Company
in English
Cover of: The River
The River: A Journey to the Source of HIV and AIDS
December 1, 2000, Back Bay Books
Paperback in English - 1st Back Bay Pbk. Ed edition
Cover of: The river
The river: a journey to the source of HIV and AIDS
2000, Penguin
in English
Cover of: The river
The river: a journey to the source of HIV and AIDS
2000, Back Bay Books
in English - 1st Back Bay pbk. ed.
Cover of: The river
The river: a journey back to the source of HIV and AIDS.
1999, Allen Lane/The Penguin Press
in English
Cover of: The river
The river: a journey to the source of HIV and AIDS
1999, Little, Brown and Co.
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: The River
The River: A Journey to the Source of HIV and AIDS
1999, Allen Lane . The Penguin Press.
Hardcover
Cover of: The River
The River : A Journey to the Source of HIV and AIDS
September 1999, Little Brown and Company
Hardcover in English - 1st ed edition

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Boston, MA

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
614.5/99392
Library of Congress
RA644.A25 H663 1999, RA644.A25H663 1999

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxxiii, 1070 p. :
Number of pages
1070

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL379457M
Internet Archive
riverjourneytoso00hoop
ISBN 10
0316372617
LCCN
98041592
OCLC/WorldCat
39905078
Library Thing
271592
Goodreads
1159147

First Sentence

"It is now nearly twenty years since it began."

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