IMM250H1 Final: being a B cell - how antibodies neutralize pathogens
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Lecture seven: being a b cell: how antibodies neutralize pathogens. Aids believed to have started in na likely from haiti. Cdc first reported unusual clusters of pneumocystis pneumonia (pcp) in groups of homosexual men in la. Known as grid back in the day. Appearance of symptoms in non-homosexual groups lead to redefinition of the disease as aids. From the onset, aids was simply a collection of unusual disease phenotypes. Epidemiological data supports the notion that aids is caused by an infectious agent. 7 :. 439,307890,2,990 pasteur institute on paris reported a new retrovirus from lymphoid tissue they believed was the cause of aids. *lav was simply a consequence of one of the phenotypes of those suffering from aids. Dr. robert gallo and his colleagues confirmed the viral nature of the infectious agent. Virus was named htlv-iii (human t-lymphotropic virus type iii) Lav and htlv-iii were shown to be the same virus.
