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By Robert Root-Bernstein. 512 pp. New York, Free Press, 1993. $27.95. ISBN 0-02-926905-9.

Although the vast majority of scientists believe that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the cause of AIDS, a minority believe, equally strongly, that the cause of AIDS is more complex and as yet only partially understood. Thus far, this disagreement has been played out largely in a public and rancorous debate. Dr. Root-Bernstein has attempted in this book to present in objective detail his argument that HIV is neither necessary nor sufficient to cause AIDS. Instead, he argues that a whole host of factors including age, malnutrition, receipt of blood, rectal exposure to semen, and prolonged or repeated use . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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