When AIDS Began: San Francisco and the Making of an Epidemic
- ISBN-10
- 1135960836
- ISBN-13
- 9781135960834
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-08-02
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Author
- Michelle Cochrane
Description
By examining the early outbreaks in San Francisco, Cochrane unfolds the "creation" of AIDS in one geographic location and then traces how and why major claims about the transmission of HIV were made, extrapolated and then disseminated to the rest of the world - all important factors in understanding this disease.
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