HLTH 342 Lecture Notes - Lecture 35: Sub-Saharan Africa, Multiple Sex Partners, Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report
8 Dec 2017
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Describe the virus and how it effects the body. June cdc publishes mmwr describing cases of rare lung infection in 5 young, previously healthy gay men in la; cases of a rare, unusually aggressive, cancer among group of gay men in ny and ca also discovered. By year"s end, 270 reported cases of severe immune deficiency among gay men; January first american aids clinic in san francisco. September cdc uses term aids for first time. December case of aids found in infant who received blood transfusions; 22 cases of unexplained immunodeficiency and opportunistic infections in infants. January aids found in female sex partners of men with aids; blood bank policy established. March most aids cases are reported to be found in homosexual men with multiple sex partners, injection drug users, haitians, and hemophiliacs; indicating. Aids transmission paths as exposure to blood or blood products and through sexual activity.
