Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-312) and index.
Contents
AIDS research for beginners: The outsiders ; The mysterious origins of HIV ; Why are HIV rates so high in Africa? ; The African earthquake -- What happened in southern Africa: Gold rush ; A president, a crisis, a tragedy ; AIDS, Inc. ; Why don't they listen? -- What happened in Uganda and Washington and Geneva: The invisible cure ; Forensic science ; God and the fight against AIDS ; When foreign aid is an ATM -- The front lines: The lost children of AIDS ; Wartime ; The underground economy of AIDS -- Epilogue: Traditional medicine -- Apendix: A magic bullet after all?.