| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 263 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Perspectives on global health |
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Perspectives on global health.
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| Contents |
Preface / François Simon -- Acknowledgements / William H. Schneider -- The Histories of HIVs: The Multiple Viruses that Caused the AIDS Epidemic / William H. Schneider -- Explaining the Emergence of HIVs / Preston A. Marx -- The Origins of HIVs and the Epidemiology of AIDS: An Introduction / Ernest M. Drucker -- From Chimps to Humans: An Historical Epidemiology of HIV Beginnings / Tamara Giles-Vernick and Stephanie Rupp -- A Social Virus: The Emergence of HIV-1 in Colonial Kinshasa, 1900-1960 / Didier Gondola and Amandine Lauro -- The Cameroonian Puzzle: Historical and Virological Aspects of the Emergence of HIV-1 groups O, N, and P / Guillaume Lachenal -- The Emergence and Spread of HIV-2 in Ivory Coast and Guinea-Bissau / Jorge Varanda -- Histories of HIVs in Broader Perspective / William H. Schneider |
| Summary |
"In this interdisciplinary collection, experts provide the most complete description to date of the often ignored and underappreciated features of the history of the multiple human immunodeficiency viruses (HIVs) responsible for the global AIDS pandemic"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 26, 2021) |
| Subject |
HIV (Viruses) -- History
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HIV (Viruses) -- Africa -- History
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HIV infections -- History
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HIV infections
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HIV (Viruses)
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Africa
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schneider, William H. (William Howard), 1945- editor.
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| LC no. |
2021004956 |
| ISBN |
9780821447444 |
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0821447440 |
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