Synopses & Reviews
Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-132) and index.
Synopsis
When AIDS was first reported in 1981, scientists disagreed about what caused the disease and how it was spread. Controversies continued when two different research groups claimed credit for identifying the virus called HIV as the cause of AIDS in 1984. These and related debates shook the scientific world and affected the development of AIDS research and prevention.
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Table of Contents
Science confronts AIDS -- Schience views a mystery plague -- Rovert Cl Gallow discivered the cause of AIDS -- Luc Montagnier discovered the cause of AIDS -- HIV does not cause AIDS -- HIV causes AIDS -- AZT offered hope -- AZT was a failure -- Society confronts AIDS -- Society views a mystery plague -- America's response to AIDS verged on Hysteria -- Federal government's response to AIDS was inadequate -- Federal government's response to AIDS was adequate -- AIDS activism helped by Gay community -- AIDS activism hurt the Gay community -- Timeline: First decade of AIDS -- Epidemic.