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Miami Herald - Thursday, October 6, 1983
Several studies recently have suggested that a germ called the human T-cell leukemia virus, or HTLV, wrecks the body's defenses against the devastating disease.
"It's been overplayed to the point where I worry that it will diminish interest in other viruses" that could be behind the AIDS outbreak, Dr. Paul H. Black of Boston University School of Medicine said.
In a letter in today's New England Journal of Medicine, Black said that even though evidence of HTLV infection has been found in AIDS patients, "it is unlikely to be in itself the cause of AIDS."
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