MICROBIO 140P Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Aids, Blood Transfusion, Magic Johnson
20 Mar 2016
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Rubles from the jungle: emerging viral diseases hiv/aid. Ebola and aids have similar origins to ebola, they just took different evolutionary paths. Aids is a global phenomenon: shared between developed and developing countries: south africa have the largest amount of cases in the world. History of aids: summer 1981: kaposi"s sarcoma (ny, epidemiological facts: No reason to develop diseases: a gay disease. Cdc formed a task force: kaposi"s sarcoma and opportunistic infections. Gay men were shunned which prevented them to asked for treatment homosexual males in 80s were not inclusive to the u. s. Everett koot: surgeon general: more cases appear. Female sex partners of iv drug users. Cdc dropped grid, and adopted acquired immune deficiency. 1984: 5000 cases- first reports of virus link. 1985: 14000 cases: screen test for blood, rick hudson (actor) dies of disease. Hemophiliac student banned from school when it"s found he had aids because.
