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When AIDS was first reported in 1981, scientists disagreed about what caused the disease and how it was spread. Controversies continued when two different research groups claimed credit for identifying the virus called HIV as the cause of AIDS in 1984. These and related debates shook the scientific world and affected the development of AIDS research and prevention.Lisa Yount is the author of 'The Discovery of the AIDS Virus (At Issue in History)', published 2002 under ISBN 9780737713534 and ISBN 0737713534.
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