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Inventing the AIDS Virus received a positive review from David Crowe in Natural Life, [5] mixed reviews from Tina Neville in Library Journal and Richard Horton in The New York Review of Books, [6] [7] and negative reviews from the sociologist Steven Epstein in The Washington Post, [8] the physician June E. Osborn in The New York Times Book Review, [9] and Phyllida Brown in New Scientist. [10]
The activation and proliferation of T cells that results from immune activation provides fresh targets for HIV infection. However, direct killing by HIV alone cannot account for the observed depletion of CD4 + T cells since only 0.01–0.10% of CD4 + T cells in the blood are infected. [citation needed]
SARS-CoV-2 and HIV-1 have similarities—notably both are RNA viruses—but there are important differences. As a retrovirus, HIV-1 can insert a copy of its RNA genome into the host's DNA, making total eradication more difficult. [156] The virus is also highly mutable making it a challenge for the adaptive immune system to develop a response.
HIV is a retrovirus that primarily infects components of the human immune system such as CD4 + T cells, macrophages and dendritic cells. It directly and indirectly destroys CD4 + T cells. [88] HIV is a member of the genus Lentivirus, [89] part of the family Retroviridae. [90] Lentiviruses share many morphological and biological characteristics.
Duesberg's claim that recreational drug use, rather than HIV, was the cause of AIDS has been specifically examined and found to be false. Cohort studies have found that only HIV-positive drug users develop opportunistic infections; HIV-negative drug users do not develop such infections, indicating that HIV rather than drug use is the cause of AIDS.
It tells 28 stories of people who have worked tackling HIV/AIDS in healthcare, as advocates, and people who have been diagnosed as HIV positive and their family members. The book has been met with widespread critical acclaim from academics, humanitarians, and book reviewers. It was a national best selling book in Canada. [2]
This category is for articles on history books with HIV/AIDS as a topic. Pages in category "History books about HIV/AIDS" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
For books promoting HIV/AIDS denialism, which denies or disputes the scientific consensus that HIV is the cause of AIDS The main article for this category is HIV/AIDS denialism . Pages in category "HIV/AIDS denialist books"