MICR 3330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Pneumocystis Jirovecii, Luc Montagnier, National Cancer Institute
3 Feb 2018
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Hiv and aids: a recent zoonotic disease that is most dreadful of modern civilization. In the period of october 1980- may 1981, 5 young men, all active homosexuals, were treated for biopsy confirmed pneumocystis carinii pneumonia at three hospitals in. Identification and nomenclature of the causal agent of aids. Nih (gallo 1984): human t cell lymphotropic virus (htlv)-iii. Luc montagnier and francoise barre-sinoussi (pasteur institute) (first to discover. 3. 2 million children and 2. 1 million in adolescents infected. Sub-saharan region is the most severe with 69% of all infections (1/20 adults) 39 million died of aids (> 2. 4 million death in sub-saharan africa) Death rate has been declining due to antiretroviral therapy. Current cases living with aids (who 2012 estimates): Worldwide 33. 5 million (mainly africa + se asia) Deaths - 8,200/day (1 person every 11 seconds) New infections - 13,700/day (1 person every 9 seconds) Hiv cases in canada (public health agency of canada) New cases (2007): 2,472 (86% were male)
