Does HIV Cause AIDS?
Tags: HIV infections -- Diagnosis; AIDS (Disease); RETROVIRUSES; DISEASES -- Causes & theories of causation
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- From HIV to Aids. Weiss, Robin // UNESCO Courier;Jun95, Vol. 48 Issue 6, p6
Discusses how the HIV turns to AIDS infection. Characteristics of HIV; Methods of transmission; Four main attributes to AIDS; Factors for the variation of HIV infection; Implications of the knowledge of why infected individuals progress to AIDS. INSET: The state of research..
- Fever and Productive Cough in a Patient with AIDS. Kit Fai Wong; Cheng, Naomi H. Y. // Clinical Infectious Diseases;3/1/2011, Vol. 52 Issue 5, p688
The article focuses on disseminated histoplasma capsulatum infection in North America. It states that H. capsulatum is endemic in the country, although sporadic cases have also been reported in other parts of the world, usually as a result of reactivation of infection acquired during residence...
- High noon for AIDS. Commey, Pusch // New African;Jul/Aug2000, Issue 387, p44
Reports on the holding of the 2000 international AIDS conference in Durban, South Africa. Criticisms against South African President Thabo Mbeki for hosting the event; Investigation of the view denying the link between HIV and AIDS; Rate of HIV infection in Africa.
- Another key to HIV. Cowley, Geoffrey // Newsweek;5/20/96, Vol. 127 Issue 21, p62
Informs that scientists have identified a molecule that helps the AIDS virus penetrate human cells. The molecule a previously unknown coreceptor that has been dubbed `fusin'; Findings suggesting that although HIV can't invade cells by means of the CD4 receptor molecule alone, it readily infects...
- Is the AIDS virus a science fiction? Duesberg, Peter H.; Ellison, Bryan J. // Policy Review;Summer90, Issue 53, p40
Explores immunosuppressive behavior as possible cause of AIDS. Earliest proposed causes of AIDS; Centers for Disease Control's (CDC) report describing unusual medical cases with confirmed immunosuppression; Cases showing similar severe immune suppression problems; Criticisms against the HIV...
- Big sister. Roiphe, Katie // Harper's Bazaar;Mar97, Issue 3424, p94
Recounts the author's sister, Emily Roiphe's struggle with drugs and human immunodeficiency virus. How her sister was infected with the virus; Adolescent notion of glamour; How the author and her family accepted and comfort Roiphe in his struggle with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
- Q&A spore-forming protozoan diarrheal diseases. Petri Jr., William A. // Cortlandt Forum;08/25/98, Vol. 11 Issue 8, p182
Provides information on the causative agents of diarrheal diseases in patients with AIDS. Type of protozoan organisms which have been identified with diarrhea; Incidence rate of diarrhea due to spore-forming protozoa; Susceptibility of AIDS patients to protozoan parasites.
- The Source of AIDS. Peck, Jonathan // Futurist;Nov/Dec87, Vol. 21 Issue 6, p12
Discusses the etiology of AIDS. Discovery and naming of the disease; Virus as natural suspect for the cause of the disease; Period during which incidents of AIDS climbed dramatically; Mechanism of operation of the HIV virus; Future prospects for fighting AIDS.
- Headlines. // BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition);10/31/92, Vol. 305 Issue 6861, p1046
Reports developments in medicine as of October 1992. Refusal of United States prisoner for treatment; Comparison of drugs costs in Canada and in the United States; Cause of AIDS disease; Growth of medical insurance in Great Britain.
