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Viral Sex The Nature of AIDS

Goudsmit, Jaap
Innbundet / 1997 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780195097283
Publisert
1997
Utgiver
Oxford University Press Inc
Vekt
630 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
160 mm
Dybde
26 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
288

Forfatter
Goudsmit, Jaap

Biografisk notat

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.

Viral Sex The Nature of AIDS

Goudsmit, Jaap
Innbundet / 1997 / Engelsk
Goudsmit, Jaap
Innbundet / 1997 / Engelsk
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a valuable stimulus for debate

New Scientist

It is a well-written and provocative treatise about the origins of HIV and about the evolution of this most perplexing virus. As such, it is far from outdated

The Lancet

Readers familiar with HIV/AIDS will encounter much that is provocative and engaging. General readers will find the book accessible because Goudsmit takes care to explain technical sections and concepts in simple and understanding ways

The Lancet

The AIDS threat has mobilized an unprecedented research effort to understand and control the disease. We have discovered its agent, HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus. Every day we know more about this complex retrovirus and how it works, but we still lack an effective defense strategy. This book will give the nonspecialist an AIDS overview and a vantage point from which to observe and support the continuing struggle with HIV. It also will urge that we look beyond this deadly virus. As we seek vaccines and therapies to stop its fatal course, we must understand that the real cause of AIDS is not HIV. It is the environmental context that allowed the virus to escape its natural host and enter the human population at this particular time in history. The question is why, after millenia of contact between African monkeys and humans, has SIV (Simian immunodeficiency virus) only now entered the human population in plague proportions? Is its introduction a purely random and natural disaster, or is it somehow the result of human social and cultural evolution? This book explains how human encroachment on the African monkey habitat set up conditions that made it possible and almost likely that the virus would successfully jump to a new host, with the consequences that we now see as the world wide AIDS epidemic. It presents the full history of the various subtypes of the virus, and the epidemics they cause, and assembles the future threats in every region of the world. The book argues that facing our responsibility for the AIDS outbreak holds the key to reversing the damage. If we study our actions and this lethal natural reaction, we can find ways to halt the AIDS and prevent similar plagues that could erupt in the future.
Les mer
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.
1. The most disarming virus ; 2. The rise of the western AIDS epidemic ; 3. HIV baby booms: epidemics come and go ; 4. The rainforest roots of HIV ; 5. HIV-0 and HIV-1: the chimpanzee connection ; 6. HIV-2: the sooty mangabey connection ; 7. Searching for SIV in monkey mummies ; 8. Beyond HIV and SIV: the cat connection ; 9. The mystery suitor: HIV's next move ; 10. Viral sex and AIDS: response to instability ; 11. Retrovirus survival: the human threat ; 12. Human survival: vaccines to disarm HIV ; Epilogue ; Glossary ; Index ; Bibliography
Les mer
"Viral Sex is an engrossing account of the science and the ideas behind HIV research. In particular this book presents original and sometimes provocative thoughts and hypotheses about the earliest entry of HIV's into humans. It describes its spread, evolution, and how medical science will need to be both aware and ready to tackle new variants of these and possibly other viruses emanating from the steadily dwindling rain forests. Author Jaap Goudsmit is uniquely qualified to take us on this journey. Since the earlieest period he has been the world's leading thinker on HIV evolution and one of the field's greatest scientists."--Dr. Robert Gallo, Professor and Dirctor, Institute of Human Virology "An articulate, engaging explanation of what scientists now know about HIV and how the spread of AIDS might be controlled, from a leading AIDS researcher.... Alternately alarming and reassuring, but always engrossing."--Kirkus "A provocative treatise by a leadings AIDS researcher on the origin and evolution of the dreadful microbe of our time."--David Ho, Director, Aaron Diamond AIDS Researach Center "...provides important information on the past and future of AIDS."--Library Journal "[Goudsmit] takes readers on a tour--introducing us not only to the monkeys and apes of tropical forests and the viruses that they transmit but also to the mysterious AIDS-like diseases that appeared in Europe and America during this century, discussing possible historical intersections between viruses, huans, and other mammals dating back to the Stone Age.All the while he works circuitoulsy toward his goal: to understand where AIDS and AIDS-like diseases have come from, where they are going, and what we can do about them."--Paul W. Ewald, Natural History "...I was enthralled by the larger story.... There is a good deal of technical information in this book, but its appeal reaches far beyond just fellow scientists. It is full of astonishing and interesting facts not only about viruses but about the humans studying them."--Frank Ryan, The New York Times Book Review
Les mer
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.
Les mer

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a valuable stimulus for debate

New Scientist

It is a well-written and provocative treatise about the origins of HIV and about the evolution of this most perplexing virus. As such, it is far from outdated

The Lancet

Readers familiar with HIV/AIDS will encounter much that is provocative and engaging. General readers will find the book accessible because Goudsmit takes care to explain technical sections and concepts in simple and understanding ways

The Lancet

The AIDS threat has mobilized an unprecedented research effort to understand and control the disease. We have discovered its agent, HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus. Every day we know more about this complex retrovirus and how it works, but we still lack an effective defense strategy. This book will give the nonspecialist an AIDS overview and a vantage point from which to observe and support the continuing struggle with HIV. It also will urge that we look beyond this deadly virus. As we seek vaccines and therapies to stop its fatal course, we must understand that the real cause of AIDS is not HIV. It is the environmental context that allowed the virus to escape its natural host and enter the human population at this particular time in history. The question is why, after millenia of contact between African monkeys and humans, has SIV (Simian immunodeficiency virus) only now entered the human population in plague proportions? Is its introduction a purely random and natural disaster, or is it somehow the result of human social and cultural evolution? This book explains how human encroachment on the African monkey habitat set up conditions that made it possible and almost likely that the virus would successfully jump to a new host, with the consequences that we now see as the world wide AIDS epidemic. It presents the full history of the various subtypes of the virus, and the epidemics they cause, and assembles the future threats in every region of the world. The book argues that facing our responsibility for the AIDS outbreak holds the key to reversing the damage. If we study our actions and this lethal natural reaction, we can find ways to halt the AIDS and prevent similar plagues that could erupt in the future.
Les mer
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.
1. The most disarming virus ; 2. The rise of the western AIDS epidemic ; 3. HIV baby booms: epidemics come and go ; 4. The rainforest roots of HIV ; 5. HIV-0 and HIV-1: the chimpanzee connection ; 6. HIV-2: the sooty mangabey connection ; 7. Searching for SIV in monkey mummies ; 8. Beyond HIV and SIV: the cat connection ; 9. The mystery suitor: HIV's next move ; 10. Viral sex and AIDS: response to instability ; 11. Retrovirus survival: the human threat ; 12. Human survival: vaccines to disarm HIV ; Epilogue ; Glossary ; Index ; Bibliography
Les mer
"Viral Sex is an engrossing account of the science and the ideas behind HIV research. In particular this book presents original and sometimes provocative thoughts and hypotheses about the earliest entry of HIV's into humans. It describes its spread, evolution, and how medical science will need to be both aware and ready to tackle new variants of these and possibly other viruses emanating from the steadily dwindling rain forests. Author Jaap Goudsmit is uniquely qualified to take us on this journey. Since the earlieest period he has been the world's leading thinker on HIV evolution and one of the field's greatest scientists."--Dr. Robert Gallo, Professor and Dirctor, Institute of Human Virology "An articulate, engaging explanation of what scientists now know about HIV and how the spread of AIDS might be controlled, from a leading AIDS researcher.... Alternately alarming and reassuring, but always engrossing."--Kirkus "A provocative treatise by a leadings AIDS researcher on the origin and evolution of the dreadful microbe of our time."--David Ho, Director, Aaron Diamond AIDS Researach Center "...provides important information on the past and future of AIDS."--Library Journal "[Goudsmit] takes readers on a tour--introducing us not only to the monkeys and apes of tropical forests and the viruses that they transmit but also to the mysterious AIDS-like diseases that appeared in Europe and America during this century, discussing possible historical intersections between viruses, huans, and other mammals dating back to the Stone Age.All the while he works circuitoulsy toward his goal: to understand where AIDS and AIDS-like diseases have come from, where they are going, and what we can do about them."--Paul W. Ewald, Natural History "...I was enthralled by the larger story.... There is a good deal of technical information in this book, but its appeal reaches far beyond just fellow scientists. It is full of astonishing and interesting facts not only about viruses but about the humans studying them."--Frank Ryan, The New York Times Book Review
Les mer
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.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780195097283
Publisert
1997
Utgiver
Oxford University Press Inc
Vekt
630 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
160 mm
Dybde
26 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
288

Forfatter
Goudsmit, Jaap

Biografisk notat

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.

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