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Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1994. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.
The Duesberg Phenomenon
Science (12/09/94) Vol. 266, No. 5191, P. 1642 Cohen, Jon
Peter Duesberg, a retrovirologist at the University of California, claims that such factors as illicit drug use and AZT cause AIDS. While most mainstream AIDS researchers ignore Duesberg's ideas, he has a vocal group of supporters. Among them are Nobel Prize winner Kary Mullis and Robert Willner, the doctor who recently pricked his finger with a bloody needle he had just stuck into an HIV-infected man to prove that HIV is not the cause of AIDS. This publication conducted a three-month investigation into Duesberg's claims, interviewing more than 50 supporters and detractors. The study concluded that there is extensive evidence in hemophiliacs--the group that Duesberg acknowledges provides the best case for the HIV hypothesis--that HIV causes disease and death. According to some AIDS researchers, HIV now satisfies the classic postulates of disease causation established by Robert Koch. The study also found that while Duesberg cites the AIDS epidemic in Thailand as confirmation of his theories, the role of HIV is confirmed instead. Finally, neither AZT nor illicit drugs cause the immune deficiency characteristic of AIDS. Duesberg, who has difficulty obtaining grants because of views, said that he would alter his views if he found one article that suggested to him he was wrong.
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Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1994. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.
