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Nature 406, 113 (13 July 2000) | doi:10.1038/35018241

Mbeki gives AIDS scientists the cold shoulder

Michael Cherry

South African President Thabo Mbeki has answered critics of his stance on the relationship between HIV and AIDS by ignoring them. Opening the 13th international AIDS conference in Durban last Sunday, he made no reference to an appeal from scientists to revise his position (see Nature 406, 15–16; 2000).