HIAF 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Simian Immunodeficiency Virus, Sub-Saharan Africa, Kinshasa
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Hiaf 111 lecture 11 the hiv/aids epidemic. Hiv/aids: hiv can be in system for long time without showing any symptoms, aids manifestation of virus physically. Spread before people knew what it was: movement of people, poor healthcare facilities, lack of access to medicine, gender inequalities, sexual violence. Silence: stigma against hiv almost as great i(cid:374) afri(cid:272)a as us duri(cid:374)g (cid:1012)0"s, denial and inaction by african governments. Hiv: hiv-1: more virulent, more easily transmitted, most of hiv infections, hiv-2: not as easily transmitted, confined primarily to west africa. : aids: epidemic leaves in s africa 1970s, hiv likely originated in republic of the congo, blood transfusions easy way to spread hiv, reusing needles. Kinshasa (leopoldville: 1959, american researcher doing work on malaria, took blood samples, and they were frozen and kept in storage, mid-(cid:1012)0"s, (cid:449)he(cid:374) hiv testi(cid:374)g e(cid:454)isted, tested this (cid:271)lood a(cid:374)d dis(cid:272)o(cid:448)ered (cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:449)ho (cid:449)as.
