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The chimp and the river, how AIDS emerged from an African forest, David Quammen

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The chimp and the river, how AIDS emerged from an African forest, David Quammen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-159) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The chimp and the river

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

880566230

Responsibility statement

David Quammen

Sub title

how AIDS emerged from an African forest

Summary

"The real story of AIDS--how it originated with a virus in a chimpanzee, jumped to one human, and then infected more than 60 million people--is very different from what most of us think we know. Recent research has revealed dark surprises and yielded a radically new scenario of how AIDS began and spread. Excerpted and adapted from the book Spillover, with a new introduction by the author, Quammen's ... investigation tracks the virus from chimp populations in the jungles of southeastern Cameroon to laboratories across the globe, as he unravels the mysteries of when, where, and under what circumstances such a consequential 'spillover' can happen"--Page 4 of cover

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How AIDS emerged from an African forest

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