Virus with no soul or in the soul – introduction to HIV virus saga
Authors:
Jan Svoboda
Authors‘ workplace:
Ústav molekulární genetiky AV ČR, v. v. i., Praha
Published in:
Čas. Lék. čes. 2010; 149: 229-231
Category:
Special Articles
Overview
Problems with public understanding to newly appearing zoonotic infections and their danger for human population are discussed. AIDS and its causative virus HIV related evolutionary to animal retroviruses is given as an example.
Key words:
AIDS, virus HIV, influenza, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, zoonoses.
Sources
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3. Svoboda J. Retroviry v oučinnosti i v ouboji s buňkou. Vesmír 2008; 87: 303.
4. Svoboda J. Aby víno nezkyslo (Soud nad první obranou proti pandemii AIDS). Akademický bulletin 2008; 10: 26.
Labels
Addictology Allergology and clinical immunology Angiology Audiology Clinical biochemistry Dermatology & STDs Paediatric gastroenterology Paediatric surgery Paediatric cardiology Paediatric neurology Paediatric ENT Paediatric psychiatry Paediatric rheumatology Diabetology Pharmacy Vascular surgery Pain managementArticle was published in
Journal of Czech Physicians
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