Notification”formsoftheSouthAfricanDepartmentofHealth,
AfricanAIDSisnotaspecificclinicaldisease,butabatteryof
previouslyknownandthustotallyunspecificdiseases,for
example:
- “weight lossover 10%,
- chronic diarrheafor more than a month,
- fever for more than a month,
- persistent cough,
- generalized pruritic dermatitis,
- recurrent herpes zoster (shingles),
- candidiasis oral and pharyngeal,
- chronic or persistent herpes,
- cryptococcal meningitis,
- Kaposi’s sarcoma”
SincethesediseasesincludethemostcommondiseasesinAfrica
andinmuchoftherestoftheworld,itisimpossibletodistinguish
clinicallyAfricanAIDSdiseasesfrompreviouslyknown,andcon-
currentlydiagnosed,conventionalAfricandiseases.ThusAfrican
AIDSisclinicallyunspecific,unlikemicrobialdiseases,butjust
likesomenutritionallyandchemicallycauseddiseases(see
above). 218
Itmustbeclearlyunderstoodthatallscientistsbelievetheyhavefoundisan“antibody”tothesup-
posedvirus.Anantibodyisanagentreleasedbythebodytocombatforeignmaterialsattackingthe
body.Soitisanassumeddiscoverythatthereactuallyisavirus.Yet,thesehardtodetectantibodies
areascribedtotheelusivevirusinthefaceofcontraryevidencewhichpointstootherfactorssuchas
environment,poverty,malnutrition,etc.PeterDuesbergP.h.D.,arespectedscientist,hasbeenoneof
theleadingvoicesdissentingfromthegeneralscientificandmediapropaganda.PeterH.Duesberg,
Ph.D.isaprofessorofMolecularandCellBiologyattheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley.Heisol-
atedthefirstcancergenethroughhisworkonretrovirusesin1970,andmappedthegeneticstructure
oftheseviruses.This,andhissubsequentworkinthesamefield,resultedinhiselectiontotheNa-
tionalAcademyofSciencesin1986.Heisalsotherecipientofaseven-yearOutstandingInvestigator
Grant from the National Institutes of Health.
In 1960 aveteranretrovirologisturgedhispeersto“raisequestionswhetherthe
knownfactsaboutvirusessufficetoaccountforit.”Thesubjectwascancer,the
veteranwasPeytonRous,andthequoteisfromapaperinCancerResearch.Mind-
fulofthatexample,in 19871 askedasimilarquestioninapaperlikewisepub-
lishedinCancerResearch:whethertheknownfactsabouttwohumanretroviruses