AIDS Update 1997A college level textbook on HIV/AIDS, this work presents the entire 16-year chronology of the AIDS pandemic in a logical and scientific manner that interweaves biological, clinical, social and legal discoveries. |
Contents
Discovering the Disease Naming 8 Epidemiology and Transmission | 1 |
Origin That Control HIV Reproduction 50 Gene Sequence 50 Genetic Stability | 2 |
Testing for Human | 12 |
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