Virus Hunt - The Search for the Origin of Hiv/aids

Virus Hunt is a tale of scientific endeavour. Tracing the fascinating twenty year quest to find the origin of the virus that causes AIDS, Dorothy H. Crawford takes us on a journey around the world, to recount the vital research that eventually unravelled how, when, and where the virus first infected humans.

List of contents

• Preface


• Introduction: a new disease


• 1: The puzzle of HIV-1


• 2: Tracing HIV to its roots


• 3: The primate connection


• 4: From rain forest to research laboratory


• 5: Timing SIV cpz's jump to humans


• 6: A vital first step for HIV-1 group M


• 7: Beginning the epic journey


• 8: HIV-1 group M meets the challenge


• 9: Past, present, and future pandemics


• References


• Further reading


• Glossary

About the author

Dorothy H. Crawford is Emeritus Professor of Medical Microbiology at the University Of Edinburgh, where she has been Assistant Principal for Public Understanding of Medicine since 2007. She was elected a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2001, and awarded an OBE for services to medicine and higher education in 2005. Her previous books include The Invisible Enemy (OUP, 2000), Deadly Companions (OUP, 2007), and Viruses: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2011).

Summary

Virus Hunt is a tale of scientific endeavour. Tracing the fascinating twenty year quest to find the origin of the virus that causes AIDS, Dorothy H. Crawford takes us on a journey around the world, to recount the vital research that eventually unravelled how, when, and where the virus first infected humans.

Product details

• Authors: Dorothy H. Crawford, Dorothy H. (Emeritus Professor of Medica Crawford, Dorothy H. (Emeritus Professor of Medical Microbiology Crawford, Crawford Dorothy H.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.08.2015
• EAN: 9780198743873
• ISBN: 978-0-19-874387-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); popular science, SCIENCE / General, MEDICAL / History, MEDICAL / AIDS & HIV, History of Medicine, MEDICAL / Microbiology, Medical microbiology & virology, Medical microbiology and virology, HIV / AIDS, Medicine: HIV/AIDS, retroviral diseases, AIDS; virus; Africa