Does drug use cause AIDS? (original) (raw)

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A hypothesis identifying substance abuse as a main cause of AIDS has naturally excited much publicity. But such claims have no basis in fact.

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  1. Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory, California Department of Health Services, 2151 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, California, 94704, USA
    M. S. Ascher & H. W. Sheppard
  2. Department of Biomedical and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720, USA
    W. Winkelstein Jr & E. Vittinghoff

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Ascher, M., Sheppard, H., Jr, W. et al. Does drug use cause AIDS?.Nature 362, 103–104 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1038/362103a0

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