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The Story of Aids - the discovery of HIV
A series of programmes on Aids, how a strange new disease emerged in the 1970s
A series of programmes on Aids, how a strange new disease emerged in the 1970s. The first in the series looks at the discovery of HIV, beginning with the early outbreaks of a new illness amongst gay men in America in the 1970s. Scientists raced to identify the cause and then to research the drug therapies to treat it. Presenter: Allan Little.
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive
This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project
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Explorations in the world of science.
