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How East Germany Fabricated the Myth of HIV Being Man-Made

Jeppsson, Anders LU (2017) In Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care 16(6). p.519-522
Abstract

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.

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subject
keywords
Cold War, conspiracy, HIV, man-made
in
Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care
volume
16
issue
6
pages
4 pages
publisher
SAGE Publications
external identifiers
  • scopus:85038421004
  • pmid:28814120
ISSN
2325-9574
DOI
10.1177/2325957417724203
language
English
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yes
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c55870a0-8683-4e2e-b2b2-a77c55cb4fab
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2018-01-11 13:31:16
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