The discovery of HIV as the cause of AIDS

Article Abstract:

Two of the scientists who independently discovered HIV recount the discoveries that led to the conclusion that HIV was the cause of AIDS. The discovery of human T cell leukemia virus (HTLV) proved that a virus could infect T cells. In fact, the first AIDS patients were thought to be infected with HTLV. But researchers discovered a new virus that was only distantly related to HTLV.

HIV (Viruses), HIV

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AIDS -- past and future

Article Abstract:

A doctor who was the first to describe a newly identified disease that would later be called AIDS believes developed countries should provide humanitarian aid to poor countries that have been hit hard by AIDS. As of December, 2000, 21 million people have died of AIDS.

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AIDS -- the first 20 years

Article Abstract:

The history of the AIDS epidemic is reviewed. The first cases of what would come to be called AIDS were reported in the CDC publication Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report in June, 1981. As of December, 2000, 21.8 million people had died of AIDS.

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