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Non è Vero, è Mal Trovato: Polio Vaccine is not the cause of HIV

Non è vero, è mal trovato: il vaccino antipolio non è la causa dell’HIV

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Abstract

A journalist has proposed that an oral polio vaccine tested in the early 1960s in the then Belgian Congo was contaminated with chimpanzee SIV, and that this was the source of HIV-1 Group M for humans. Although this idea was thoroughly evaluated in scientific forums and literature, and was found wanting in factual basis, the journalist continues to plead his case in various publications. This article replies to those recent publications, and refers to the body of accumulated information.

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Un giornalista sostiene che il vaccino antipolio orale testato agli inizi degli anni 60 nel Congo Belga fu contaminato dal virus SIV degli scimpanzé, e che questo fu la causa dell’HIV-1 Gruppo M per l’uomo. Benché quest’ipotesi sia stata rigorosamente esaminata in molti convegni e nella letteratura scientifica, e sia stata considerata carente di valide basi, il giornalista continua a sostenere la sua tesi in varie pubblicazioni. Questo articolo risponde a tali recenti pubblicazioni, e fa riferimento alle informazioni esistenti.

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  1. Kimmel Cancer Center, Center for Neurovirology, Microbiology & Immunology, Locus Street, 19107, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Hilary Koprowski

  2. 4650, Wismer Road, 18901, Doylestown, PA, U.S.A.

    Stanley A. Plotkin

  3. Faculté de Médicine, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain, Belgio

    Abel Prinzie

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Nella seduta del 14 maggio 2004.

LaNota è presentata d’ufficio dal Socio Pignatti, in qualità di Direttore del Comitato consultivo deiRendiconti Lincei: Scienze Fisiche e Naturali, su proposta a maggioranza del Comitato Scientifico (presieduto da Edoardo Vesentini) della Tavola Rotonda sul tema: «Origin on HIV and emerging persistent viruses» tenutasi presso l’Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei il 28 e 29 settembre 2001.

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Koprowski, H., Plotkin, S.A. & Prinzie, A. Non è Vero, è Mal Trovato: Polio Vaccine is not the cause of HIV. Rend. Fis. Acc. Lincei 15, 247–255 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02904464

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