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How to Survive a Plague The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS

Paperback • 2017 • English

How to Survive a Plague The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS

By David France

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About the book

One of Entertainment Weekly's Top 10 Nonfiction Books of the Decade A definitive history of the successful battle to halt the AIDS epidemic, here is the incredible story of the grassroots activists whose work turned HIV from a mostly fatal infection to a manageable disease. Almost universally ignored, these men and women learned to become their own researchers, lobbyists, and drug smugglers, established their own newspapers and research journals, and went on to force reform in the nation’s dise...Show more

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ISBN

9780307745439

Publisher

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Published year

2017

Language

English

Original title

How to Survive a Plague The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS

Format

Paperback

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