The origins of AIDS: From patient zero to ground zero

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 473-475

  Pépin, Jacques ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ANIMAL; APE DISEASE; CENTRAL AFRICA; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HEALTH; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; POLICY; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

AIDS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIV; POLICY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA, CENTRAL; AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; APE DISEASES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; PAN TROGLODYTES; WORLD HEALTH; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84881262101     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2012-201423     Document Type: Editorial

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