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Education, Care and Counseling
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CHAPTER 1: HIV and AIDS – A brief history
1.1 The birth of a new epidemic
Aids was first reported in South Africa in 1983, and it was diagnosed in
two homosexual men
Dr. Luc Montagnier of the Louis Pasteur Institute in France discovered the
virus causing AIDS in 1983
Dr. Robert Gallo of the US propagated the virus in cell culture in 1984, and also
played a huge role in the discovery of the first HIV antibody tests, which became
available in 1985
AIDS is short for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; the disease is
acquired because it is caused by a virus (HIV or the human immunodeficiency
virus)
Immunodeficiency refers to the inability of the immune system to defend
itself against infections
A syndrome is a medical term for a collection of specific signs and symptoms
that occur together and that are characteristic of a specific condition
1.2 The origin of HIV
Little is known about the origins of any human virus, let alone HIV
Many theories were disproved over the years, however the idea that the virus
crossed the species barrier from primates to humans was correct
It was discovered that HIV (the human virus) was related to SIV (the simian
immunodeficiency virus), found in primates
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CHAPTER 1: HIV and AIDS – A brief history
1.1 The birth of a new epidemic
Aids was first reported in South Africa in 1983, and it was diagnosed in
two homosexual men
Dr. Luc Montagnier of the Louis Pasteur Institute in France discovered the
virus causing AIDS in 1983
Dr. Robert Gallo of the US propagated the virus in cell culture in 1984, and also
played a huge role in the discovery of the first HIV antibody tests, which became
available in 1985
AIDS is short for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; the disease is
acquired because it is caused by a virus (HIV or the human immunodeficiency
virus)
Immunodeficiency refers to the inability of the immune system to defend
itself against infections
A syndrome is a medical term for a collection of specific signs and symptoms
that occur together and that are characteristic of a specific condition
1.2 The origin of HIV
Little is known about the origins of any human virus, let alone HIV
Many theories were disproved over the years, however the idea that the virus
crossed the species barrier from primates to humans was correct
It was discovered that HIV (the human virus) was related to SIV (the simian
immunodeficiency virus), found in primates
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