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
Dorothy H. Crawford has been Assistant Principal for Public
Understanding of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh since
2007. Her previous books include The Invisible Enemy (OUP, 2000),
Deadly Companions (OUP, 2007), and Viruses: A Very Short
Introduction (OUP, 2011). 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.
[E]ngaging and informative ... Armed with graphs, maps, and tables,
and also with a vast reservoir of research data, Crawford
meticulously evaluates and documents a series of scenarios, to
piece together a detailed scientific, and also human, picture of
HIV.
*Alina Oswald, A&U Magazine*
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