And The Band Played On: Politics, People and the Aids Epidemic <i>by Randy Shilts</i> (Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1987) pp. xxiii + 630, paper $24.95, ISBN 0-14-011130-1

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And The Band Played On: Politics, People and the Aids Epidemic by Randy Shilts (Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1987) pp. xxiii + 630, paper $24.95, ISBN 0-14-011130-1

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Quinn T. C., Zacarias F. R.K. and St. John R. J.. 1989. . ‘AIDS in the Americas: an emerging public health crisis arises’. . The New England Journal of Medicine . , Vol. 320((15)): 1005
Krieger N.. 1988. . ‘AIDS funding: competing needs and the politics of priorities’. . International Journal of Health Services . , Vol. 18((4)): 521––41. .
Pinching A. J.. 1989. . ‘The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — what next?’. . The Medical Journal of Australia . , Vol. 150: 3 April;: 353
See Shilts' Appendix, ‘Notes on sources’, pp. 607–13.
Other examples are C. Bernstein and B. Woodward, All the President's Men, Seeker and Warburg, London, 1974; V. Marchetti and J.D. Marks, The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence, Dell, New York, 1980; M. McConnell, Challenger: A Major Malfunction, Simon and Schuster, London, 1987.
The title of Shilts’ book would seem to refer to the Gay Freedom Day Parade in 1980 (p. 12).
See, for example, the review by W. A. Blattner in the single-topic issue on AIDS in Scientific American, October 1988, pp. 124–7.
The reference here is to the Duesberg myth. This myth relates to a recently published book based on the research of a biochemist, Duesberg, which advocates the view that HIV is not the cause of AIDS. It has been called the Duesberg myth because evidence has revealed innumerable inaccuracies and distortions. See, for example, ‘Scientists denounce “myths” in AIDS book’, New Scientist, 1662, 29 April 1989, pp. 6–7 and D. Campbell, ‘AIDS: The Duesberg myth’, New Scientist, 1662, 6 May 1989, pp. 42–3.

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[1] Quinn T. C., Zacarias F. R.K. and St. John R. J.. 1989. . ‘AIDS in the Americas: an emerging public health crisis arises’. . The New England Journal of Medicine . , Vol. 320((15)): 1005

[2] Krieger N.. 1988. . ‘AIDS funding: competing needs and the politics of priorities’. . International Journal of Health Services . , Vol. 18((4)): 521––41. .

[3] Pinching A. J.. 1989. . ‘The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — what next?’. . The Medical Journal of Australia . , Vol. 150: 3 April;: 353

[4] See Shilts' Appendix, ‘Notes on sources’, pp. 607–13.

[5] Other examples are C. Bernstein and B. Woodward, All the President's Men, Seeker and Warburg, London, 1974; V. Marchetti and J.D. Marks, The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence, Dell, New York, 1980; M. McConnell, Challenger: A Major Malfunction, Simon and Schuster, London, 1987.

[6] The title of Shilts’ book would seem to refer to the Gay Freedom Day Parade in 1980 (p. 12).

[7] See, for example, the review by W. A. Blattner in the single-topic issue on AIDS in Scientific American, October 1988, pp. 124–7.

[8] The reference here is to the Duesberg myth. This myth relates to a recently published book based on the research of a biochemist, Duesberg, which advocates the view that HIV is not the cause of AIDS. It has been called the Duesberg myth because evidence has revealed innumerable inaccuracies and distortions. See, for example, ‘Scientists denounce “myths” in AIDS book’, New Scientist, 1662, 29 April 1989, pp. 6–7 and D. Campbell, ‘AIDS: The Duesberg myth’, New Scientist, 1662, 6 May 1989, pp. 42–3.