The Origins of AIDS
- ISBN-10
- 1108487491
- ISBN-13
- 9781108487498
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 392
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-01-21
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Jacques Pepin
Description
An updated edition of Jacques Pépin's acclaimed account of the events that transformed a chimpanzee virus into a global pandemic.
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