Discovery AIDS Virus

by Gale Cengage Learning and Lisa Yount

Book Overview

When AIDS was first reported in 1981, scientists disagreed about what caused the disease and how it was spread. Controversies continued when two different research groups claimed credit for identifying the virus called HIV as the cause of AIDS in 1984. These and related debates shook the scientific world and affected the development of AIDS research and prevention.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0737713534
• ISBN13: 9780737713534
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Greenhaven Press
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8