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How East Germany Fa...
How East Germany Fabricated the Myth of HIV Being Man-Made
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- Jeppsson, Anders (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Enheten för medicinens historia,Sektion V,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Lund,Medicinska fakulteten,History of Medicine,Section V,Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund,Faculty of Medicine
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- 2017-08-17
- 2017
- English 4 s.
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In: Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care. - : SAGE Publications. - 2325-9574 .- 2325-9582. ; 16:6, s. 519-522
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- Despite the fact that the origin of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) being a contamination and a mutation originating from primates is well-documented alternative narratives are often being heard ofespecially in sub-Saharan Africa. One such narrative is about HIV being man-made in a military laboratory in the United States. In this article, it is shown how this narrative was fabricated by the intelligence services in East Germany (German Democratic Republic – GDR) as part of the ideological warfare during the Cold War. The purpose of this article is to put an end to a long-lasting conspiracy theory, which is still alive and may create diversion from serious research on the topic.
Subject headings
- HUMANIORA -- Historia och arkeologi -- Historia (hsv//swe)
- HUMANITIES -- History and Archaeology -- History (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Annan medicin och hälsovetenskap -- Övrig annan medicin och hälsovetenskap (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Other Medical and Health Sciences -- Other Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere specified (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Cold War
- conspiracy
- HIV
- man-made
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- art (subject category)
- ref (subject category)
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