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By Peter Duesberg
Bio/Technology Nov. 1987
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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has become a cause celebre for journals, companies, and scientists, and the "deadly AIDS virus" has been sold to the public as the cause of AIDS with the confidence and authority that is usually derived from absolute scientific proof. The bases of the virus-AIDS hypothesis are that this retrovirus was originally isolated from an immune-deficient patient, that 80%-90% of AIDS patients have antibody to the virus, and that there is a reasonable correlation between anti-viral antibodies and persons in high-risk groups for the disease. The hypothesis is appealing because it appears to fit a 100-year-old tradition of triumphs in medicine that proved viral and bacterial parasites to be the causes of contagious disease. But this appearance is deceptive.
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