Acknowledgments page ix
List of Abbreviations xi
Introduction 1
AIDS and Scientific Knowledge
1 Making Up the Rules of Seeing 45
Opportunistic Infections and the New Syndrome
2 The Economy of Risk Categories 67
3 The Etiologic Agent and the Rhetoric of Scientific Debate 113
4 Retrovirus vs. Retrovirus 156
The Arguments for HTLV-III, LAV, and HIV
5 The Spatial Configurations of “AIDS Risk” 188
6 Who Is How Much? 210
From Qualities to Quantities of AIDS Risk
7 In Lieu of a Conclusion 225
Do Rhetorical Practices Matter?
References 249
Index 269
