BIOS 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Poppers, Mononuclear Phagocyte System, Immunosuppression
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Chapter 7: the early days of aids in the united states: a personal perspective (marcy) Investigators needed to see if this was a new disease or something that has been seen before but not reported. The cdc turned to the parasitic disease drug. Service and identified that medication for pcp was requested in 1980 indicating that the 1981 cases were not the only cases. They also wanted to determine if cases were occurring elsewhere other than la, and if other unusual disease were occurring in msm. They found that msm with pcp were also being seen in sf and nyc, as well as some msm were developing kaposi"s sarcoma. Because it was happening in a specific population, and a new population, they considered this an outbreak. Eis officer of la county, eis officer of atlanta. Biopsy-proven ks and/or biopsy- or culture-proven life-threatening opportunistic infections. Previously healthy persons less than 60 years of age.
