ABSTRACT
By examining the early outbreaks in San Francisco, Cochrane unfolds the "creation" of AIDS in one geographic location and then traces how and why major claims about the transmission of HIV were made, extrapolated and then disseminated to the rest of the world - all important factors in understanding this disease.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter III|28 pages
The Early Demographics of AIDS
Case Studies of the First Nine Gay Male AIDS Cases in San Francisco
chapter V|28 pages
The Mechanics of AIDS Surveillance
An Historical Critique of the Demography of Risk
