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Viral Sex: The Nature of AIDS

Viral Sex: The Nature of AIDS Hard cover - 1997 - 1st Edition

by Jaap Goudsmit

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In a fascinating journey that reaches from the deepest recesses of the African rainforest to ancient Egypt and the mummified remains of Barbary apes to pioneering research labs in the U.S. and Europe, AIDS researcher Jaap Goudsmit provides an eyewitness account of science's efforts to understand and control the spread of this deadly virus. 35 halftones. 9 linecuts.

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Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Viral Sex illuminates the origins and nature of the world's most lethal disease. It provides an eyewitness account of science's effort to understand and control the spread of this deadly virus.
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  • Title Viral Sex: The Nature of AIDS
  • Author Jaap Goudsmit
  • Binding Hard Cover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition New
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, New York
  • Date 1997-06-12
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ria9780195097283_pod
  • ISBN 9780195097283 / 0195097289
  • Weight 1.39 lbs (0.63 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.26 x 6.3 x 1.03 in (23.52 x 16.00 x 2.62 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: AIDS
    • Topical: Health & Fitness
  • Library of Congress subjects HIV infections, HIV (Viruses)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96027910
  • Dewey Decimal Code 614.599

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  • Booklist, 03/15/1997, Page 1213
  • Kirkus Reviews, 03/01/1997, Page 350
  • Library Journal, 04/15/1997, Page 112
  • New York Times, 08/24/1997, Page 17

About the author

Jaap Goudsmit, M.D., is Professor of Virology and Chairman of the Department of Human Retrovirology at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He is universally recognized as one of the leading scientists working on HIV and AIDS, ranking second only to Robert Gallo in papers published (according to an article in Science in 1993). He recently became Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.