He shows how the disease was first transmitted from chimpanzees to man, and then how colonization, urbanization, prostitution, and public health campaigns combined. The origins of aids bears brilliant witness to the costs of living in a world plagued by emerging and reemerging infectious diseases. A pandemic made less surprising the history of africa section is not where youd expect to. Jacques pepin cambridge university press, cambridge, uk, 2011 isbn.
In 1986, a second type of hiv, called hiv2, was isolated from aids patients in west africa. This excellent but frustrating book is essential reading for anyone deeply interested in the early history and dissemination of hivaids. A pandemic made less surprising university of oxford. Jacques pepin published on 20110901 by cambridge university press. He has authored over 30 cookbooks some of which have become best sellers. For that slender subgroup, the wise, it would be an excellent text to prepare for the next pandemic. Aids was first identified in north america in 1981 and its infectious agent human immunodeficiency virus hiv was isolated two years later. Two types of hiv the virus that is the primary cause of aids worldwide is now called hiv1.
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 hivaids and traces its subsequent development into the most dramatic and destructive epidemic. The conclusions, findings, and opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the official position of the u. Cambridge university press, 2011 stephen inrig 1 journal of medical humanities volume 36, pages 257 258 2015 cite this article. That scenario has since been proven incorrect, although the author claims otherwise. Jacques pepin this compelling new account traces the origins and development of the. The language of pepins book is academic, yet easily accessible to a lay, educated readership. The origins of aids documentary, 2003 aids origins. 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 offers a different theory in the origins of aids, an engaging account of the. The origins of aids by jacques pepin 9780521186377. Most people believe that the origin of hiv, the aids virus, derives from some natural evolutionary event.
The origins of aids offers, for the first time, an indepth look into the pandemic prior to 1981 and, with that, the missing pieces that complete the story of aids. Pepin notes that a number of new infections could easily be. 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. The origins of aids, by jacques pepin find, read and cite all the. Jacques pepin, an infectious disease specialist who worked in africa in the early 80s. The origins of aids, naturally, takes a look at the ultimate origins of aids, as a virus that somehow managed to cross over from the chimpanzee populations of westcentral africa a century ago to that regions human population. A simian virus very similar to hiv1 the hiv type responsible for the vast majority of aids cases. 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. Jonas salk, which may have inadvertently infected its. In the origins of aids, dr jacques pepin has written an immensely readable and scholarly study that finally provides an answer. Without vaccines and outsiders insatiable appetite for interventions in africa the aids epidemic might never have happened. Cant deny the research methods at the time 1950s as far as how through human arrogance such things can and did happen. 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. 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.
The origins of aids by jacques pepin nook book ebook. Book traces history of aids back to 1930s, examines current. Click on document the origins of aids jacques pepin. The story begins with siv simian immunodeficiency virus which is present in chimpanzees and is genetically identical to hiv. Review of the origins of aids by jacques pepin aids origins. Cambridge core infectious disease the origins of aids by jacques pepin. Feb 22, 2018 it is now thirty years since the discovery of aids but its origins continue to puzzle doctors and scientists.
In the subsequent 30 years, aids has become a global pandemic that has led to around 30 million deaths. Early in his career, he spent four years working as a medical officer in zaire, and later, conducted research on hiv in the gambia and other nations in central and west africa. Subsequent characterization of the principal causative agent, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 hiv1, revealed that it was a retrovirus. Pepin draws on many indirect lines of evidence from primatology, viral genetics, and epidemiology, combined.
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Overall, jacques pepin has written an excellent scientific account of the origins of aids. The origins of aids jacques pepin cambridge university press, cambridge, uk, 2011 isbn. He proposes that during the colonial era in central and western africa, the extensive reuse of needles and syringes in medical practice and campaigns against endemic tropical diseases amplified the early spread of hiv1 after. Aids is caused by a human immunodeficiency virus hiv, which originated in nonhuman primates in central and west africa. The origin of aids is a well researched book, and summarises the science relating to the emergence and persistence of hiv in the human population, as accepted by most of the scienti. Oct 27, 2011 without vaccines and outsiders insatiable appetite for interventions in africa the aids epidemic might never have happened. In the origins of aids jacques pepin, an expert in infectious diseases who has spent many years working in africa, explains how hiv spread from a few cases in the congo in the 1920s to the pandemic it is today. Both hivs are the result of multiple crossspecies tr ansmissions of simian immunode.
Ridge points out that it is naive to assume that such fiascos can be turned inside out,weaponised and. 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 origins of aids by jacques pepin cambridge university press. The acquired immune deficiency syndrome aids was first formally recognized in patients in the usa in 1981. Pepins thesis regarding hiv derived from findings from retrospective studies of hiv2 that he then applied to hiv1. Jacques pepin provides a unique insight as an investigator who has spent. 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. He is a mix of scientist, historian, sociologist and detective. 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. Book traces history of aids back to 1930s, examines. Pdf download read online the origins of aids pdf free.
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