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

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 labor...

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Published inJournal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care Vol. 16; no. 6; pp. 519 - 522
Main Author Jeppsson, Anders
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.11.2017
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
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Subjects
Annan medicin och hälsovetenskap
Armed forces
Cold War
Conspiracy
Historia
Historia och arkeologi
History
History and Archaeology
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humaniora och konst
Humanities
man-made
Medical and Health Sciences
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Narratives
Other Medical Sciences
Other Medical Sciences not elsewhere specified
Övrig annan medicin och hälsovetenskap
East Germany
Cold War
conspiracy
HIV
man-made
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Summary: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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ISSN:2325-9582
2325-9574
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DOI:10.1177/2325957417724203