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The 1959 plasma vial that forced scientists to rethink AIDS
A journalist found a 1959 plasma vial from Leopoldville - could that vial link a CHAT oral polio vaccine to the origin of AIDS?
The 1959 plasma vial that forced scientists to rethink AIDS
In this episode, we follow the contested trail from colonial vaccination programs in central Africa to the frozen vial of 1959 that became a focal point for the OPV-AIDS hypothesis. We trace who asked the question, where the vaccine was given, and why a single archive sample mattered so much; what does that frozen moment reveal?
Person: Tom Curtis
Person: Blaine Elswood
Person: Hilary Koprowski
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