title: HIV as the cause of AIDS and associated diseases.
abstract: This brief article is in response to the previous article by Peter Duesberg and David Rasnick titled 'The AIDS Dilemma: Drug Diseases Blamed on a Passenger Virus.' We focus our response on thirteen specific issues raised by Duesberg and Rasnick.
authors.affiliation: INSERM Unit 322, Retroviruses and Associated Diseases Parc Scientifique et Technologique de Luminy, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Galéa
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Chermann
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000635:transmission; D000818:Animals; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000821:virology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006678:HIV / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D011247:Pregnancy; D012725:Sexual Behavior