Re: PJ and AIDS

From: R. Joel Duff (joelduff@nls.net)
Date: Tue Jan 04 2000 - 12:57:23 EST

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    >Tim,
    >
    >Thanks. I always knew I was a bit of a crack pot about this. I have
    >found Root-Bernstein to be more credible and restrained than Duesberg.
    >His multi-factorial model made more sense to me than Duesberg's theory.
    >It does bother me how politicized this disease is, and I still fear that
    >has colored some of the science. How many diseases get announced at
    >press conferences rather than in peer-reviewed journals, after all?
    >
    >But I still have a few questions. Are there any know retroviral diseases
    >in humans? Why does a disease that is caused by one virus manifest
    >itself so differently in different parts of the world? Are there any
    >other viruses that do this in humans?

    et al.,
    Interesting topic. Thanks for the responses. Kamilla, I'll bet Tim will
    have a better idea but regarding why the disease manifests itself
    differently in different parts of the world, it may be the result of the
    fact that there are at least 5 major strains of the HIV virus of which some
    are more virulent than others. I know that the strain most prevelant in
    Africa is nearly non-existent in North America.

    Joel

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