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The '''scientific controversy over the cause of AIDS''' largely hinges on whether [[HIV]] is the cause. In the 1990s, some doctors published research calling into question Dr. [[Gallo]]'s hypothesis. An alternative hypothesis is [[cell stress]].

The '''scientific controversy over the cause of AIDS''' largely hinges on whether [[HIV]] is the cause. In the 1990s, some doctors published research calling into question Dr. [[Gallo]]'s hypothesis. An alternative hypothesis is [[cell stress]].

{{quotation|...although the Berkeley virologist raises provocative questions, few researchers find his basic contention that HIV is not the cause of AIDS persuasive. Mainstream AIDS researchers argue that Duesberg’s arguments are constructed by selective reading of the scientific literature, dismissing evidence that contradicts his theses, requiring impossibly definitive proof, and dismissing outright studies marked by inconsequential weaknesses<ref>http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/sci;266/5191/1642?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=Peter+Duesberg&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT.pdf</ref>.}}

{{quotation|...although the Berkeley virologist raises provocative questions, few researchers find his basic contention that HIV is not the cause of AIDS persuasive. Mainstream AIDS researchers argue that Duesberg’s arguments are constructed by selective reading of the scientific literature, dismissing evidence that contradicts his theses, requiring impossibly definitive proof, and dismissing outright studies marked by inconsequential weaknesses<ref>http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/sci;266/5191/1642?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=Peter+Duesberg&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT.pdf</ref>.}}

==Sources saying the cause is HIV==

==View that the cause is HIV==

Koch's postulates are fulfilled by HIV as the cause of AIDS. Koch's postulates are used to prove the link between pathogenic (disease-causing) agents and disease. Koch's postulates have been variously interpreted by many scientists, and modifications have been suggested to accommodate new technologies, particularly with regard to viruses<ref> Harden. Pubbl Stn Zool Napoli [II] 1992;14:249; O'Brien, Goedert. Curr Opin Immunol 1996;8:613</ref>. However, the basic tenets remain the same, and for more than a century Koch's postulates, have served as the litmus test for determining the cause of any epidemic disease:

Koch's postulates are fulfilled by HIV as the cause of AIDS. Koch's postulates are used to prove the link between pathogenic (disease-causing) agents and disease. Koch's postulates have been variously interpreted by many scientists, and modifications have been suggested to accommodate new technologies, particularly with regard to viruses<ref> Harden. Pubbl Stn Zool Napoli [II] 1992;14:249; O'Brien, Goedert. Curr Opin Immunol 1996;8:613</ref>. However, the basic tenets remain the same, and for more than a century Koch's postulates, have served as the litmus test for determining the cause of any epidemic disease: