HIV Denial in the Internet Era

2007/08/15 by Tara C. Smith, Steven Novella · 3 citations
Health Professions · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Medicine · Psychology · #Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health #HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses #HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions #The Internet #Denial #Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) #Medicine #Virology #Internet privacy #Psychology #Computer science #World Wide Web

paper · pdf · doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0040256

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Abstract

The Internet has served as a fertile and un-refereed medium to spread HIV denialist beliefs, argue the authors.

Citations

• Scientists, activists sue South Africa's AIDS 'denialists'
• Are HIV/AIDS Conspiracy Beliefs a Barrier to HIV Prevention Among African Americans?
• Human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: correlation but not causation.

Cited by

• The Psychology of AIDS Denialism
• Denialism [wikipedia]
• HIV/AIDS denialism [wikipedia]

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