AIDS: A Strange and Deadly Virus

Synopsis

Reports on the race to find a cure for AIDS visiting America’s National Institute of Health to examine the progress being made in the world’s most advaced vaccine research programme. Scientists explain the anatomy of the virus that causes AIDS, how development of an effective vaccine and treatment has been hampered by the way the virus undermines the body’s natural immune defences, and their hopes for an experimental drug AZT. In San Francisco evidence suggests that the disease has spread beyond those groups once considered most at risk, and that 25 million people could be carrying the virus without knowing it.

Series

Horizon, Series

Language

English

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

Year of production

1986

Availability

Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Subjects

Medical sciences

Keywords

AIDS; biochemistry; HIV

Sponsor

Name

BBC Television

Distributor

Name

BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning

Contact

Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)

Email

BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com

Web

https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window

Phone

+44 (0) 20 8433 1009

Address

BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK

Notes

The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’