Piecing the puzzle : the genesis of AIDS research in Africa / / Larry Krotz

• Autore: Krotz Larry <1948->
• Pubblicazione: Winnipeg, Manitoba : , : University of Manitoba Press, , 2012; ©2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (201 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1969792
• Soggetto topico: AIDS (Disease) - Research - Kenya; AIDS (Disease) - International cooperation
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Waging War with Infectious Diseases -- The African Epidemic -- 3 Educating Around AIDS -- Research Strategies -- Secrets of the Sex Workers -- The Vaccine Quest; and More Lessons From the Immune System -- The Kenyan Side: Squaring the Collaboration -- An Experiment in Kisumu -- Legitimizing Circumcision -- Unfinished Business -- Conclusion AIDS World.
• Sommario/riassunto: In 1979, Dr. Allan Ronald, a specialist in infectious diseases from Canada, and Dr. Herbert Nsanze, head of medical microbiology at University of Nairobi, met through the World Health Organization. Ronald had just completed a successful project that cured a chancroid (genital ulcer) epidemic in Winnipeg and Nsanze asked him to come to Kenya to help with Kenya's "sexual diseases problem." That initial invitation led to a groundbreaking international scientific collaboration that would uncover critical pieces in the complex puzzle that became today's HIV/AIDS pandemic. In Piecing the Puzzle, journalist and documentary filmmaker Larry Krotz chronicles the fascinating history of the pioneering Kenyan, Canadian, Belgian, and American research team that uncovered HIV/AIDS in Kenya, their scientific breakthroughs and setbacks, and their exceptional thirty-year relationship that began a new era of global health collaboration.
• Titolo autorizzato: Piecing the puzzle
• ISBN: 1-280-48688-0; 9786613582119; 0-88755-420-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817625003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II