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A simian virus very similar to hiv1 the hiv type responsible for the vast majority of aids cases. In 1986, a second type of hiv, called hiv2, was isolated from aids patients in west africa. He has authored over 30 cookbooks some of which have become best sellers. In the origins of aids, dr jacques pepin has written an immensely readable and scholarly study that finally provides an answer. Dec 15, 2011 the origins of aids bears brilliant witness to the costs of living in a world plagued by emerging and reemerging infectious diseases. Pepins thesis regarding hiv derived from findings from retrospective studies of hiv2 that he then applied to hiv1. That scenario has since been proven incorrect, although the author claims otherwise. Jonas salk, which may have inadvertently infected its. I decided to continue with my selfeducation project on the aids epidemic by reading the origins of aids by jacques pepin.
Aids was first identified in north america in 1981 and its infectious agent human immunodeficiency virus hiv was isolated two years later. Feb 22, 2018 it is now thirty years since the discovery of aids but its origins continue to puzzle doctors and scientists. While various subgroups of the virus acquired human infectivity at different times, the global pandemic had its origins in the emergence of one specific strain hiv1 subgroup m in leopoldville in the belgian congo now kinshasa in the democratic republic of the. Jacques pepin provides a unique insight as an investigator who has spent. The origins of aids, by jacques pepin researchgate. Jacques pepin, an infectious disease specialist who worked in africa in the early 80s.
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Two types of hiv the virus that is the primary cause of aids worldwide is now called hiv1. Pepin is an expert in the study and treatment of infectious diseases. Hiv1, which is responsible for the vast majority of aids cases worldwide, is divided into three groups the major group m, and the much rarer outlier group o and new group n that have. Subsequent characterization of the principal causative agent, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 hiv1, revealed that it was a retrovirus. Inspired by his own experiences working as an infectious diseases physician in africa, jacques pepin. Department of health and human services, the public health service, the centers for disease control and prevention, or the authors affiliated institutions. Jacques pepin cambridge university press, cambridge, uk, 2011 isbn. Jacques pepin s the origins of aids is an amazing book, one of those titles that will be cited by future generations of writers as a foundational text for its field.
The puzzling origins of aids although no one explanation has been universally accepted, four rival theories provide some important lessons jim moore figure 1. Jacques pepin, who spent years battling disease in africa, has published a new book that looks at the history of hivaids, tracing not only the current outbreak, but also looking at earlier. It is now thirty years since the discovery of aids but its origins continue to puzzle doctors and scientists. Click on document the origins of aids jacques pepin. The origins of aids by jacques pepin cambridge university press, which came out in october 2011, has received a fair amount of attention in the press, almost all of which has been complimentary. Interest must be deep because the author spares few details about colonial medical systems in the former french and belgian territories, congolese politics around independence, and a host of other obscure matters. The acquired immune deficiency syndrome aids was first formally recognized in patients in the usa in 1981. The conclusions, findings, and opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the official position of the u. Most people believe that the origin of hiv, the aids virus, derives from some natural evolutionary event. The origins of aids by jacques pepin cambridge university press. Inspired by his own experiences working as an infectious diseases physician in africa, jacques pepin looks back to the early twentiethcentury events in africa that triggered the emergence of hiv aids and traces its subsequent development into the most dramatic and destructive epidemic of modern times. The origins of aids jacques pepin cambridge university press, cambridge, uk, 2011 isbn. He is a mix of scientist, historian, sociologist and detective. Key among these hiv origin theories is the so called cut hunter theory in which a human, allegedly african native, received a bloody wound or infected splash while preparing a chimpanzee carrying a similar virus i.
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Oct 27, 2011 without vaccines and outsiders insatiable appetite for interventions in africa the aids epidemic might never have happened. Rolling stone, 31992 issue 626, p54, 9p, 5bw authors. Download the origins of aids pdf book by jacques pepin dr. A pandemic made less surprising university of oxford. They suspect, for example, that mbujimayi is the birthplace of.
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