title: HIV and AIDS in relation to other pandemics. Among the viruses plaguing humans, HIV is a recent acquisition. Its outstanding success as an infection poses immense scientific challenges to human health and raises the question "What comes nest?".
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology and Molecular Pathology, University College London, UK. r.weiss@ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Robin A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Weiss
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D014644:Genetic Variation; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014779:Virus Replication