Eleni Papadopulos-Eleopulos - Views On HIV/AIDS

Views On HIV/AIDS

In the view of the Perth Group, consisting of Papadopulos-Eleopulos and a colleague, the scientific community has failed to prove:

  1. That HIV exists as a unique, exogenously acquired retrovirus.
  2. That HIV antibody tests are specific for HIV infection.
  3. That HIV causes acquired immune deficiency (destruction of T helper cells, known as AID) or that AID leads to the development of the clinical syndrome AIDS.
  4. That the HIV genome (RNA or DNA) originates in a unique, exogenously acquired infectious retroviral particle.
  5. That HIV/AIDS is infectious, either by blood, blood products or sexual intercourse.
  6. That a retrovirus HIV may be transmitted from mother to child or that this transmission may be inhibited with AZT or nevirapine.

The Perth Group's speculation is completely rejected by the scientific community as HIV has been adequately isolated and shown to be the cause of AIDS.

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