History of AIDS: Emergence and Origin of a Modern Pandemic

Grmek, Mirko D.

ISBN 10: 0691085528 / ISBN 13: 9780691085524

Published by Princeton University Press, 1990

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: History of AIDS: Emergence and Origin of a Modern Pandemic
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691085528
• ISBN 13: 9780691085524
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Acceptable

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Synopsis

By drawing on the latest discoveries in virology, microbiology, and immunology, Mirko Grmek depicts the AIDS epidemic not as an isolated incident but as part of the long, but far from peaceful, coexistence of humans and viruses.

About the Author

Mirko D. Grmek, M.D., Ph.D., was a physician in Yugoslavia and Professor of the History of Medicine at the University of Zagreb. Naturalized as a French citizen, he is living in Paris, where he is currently Director of Studies at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes at the Sorbonne.