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Start of something new
The viruse of SIV transmitted to a human in central afica, transmutating creating HIV-1 -
The "red" Scare
A person that died in the congo had traces of a HIV in his preserved blood sample that was closely related to aids. -
viral veriant begans
HIV-2 founded in west africa thought to have transmitted from sooty mangabey monkeys in Guienna Bissau. -
sugar crystals
Jerome horowitz of wayne state university school of medicine synthesized AZT which was meant to fight cancer but actually fought HIV. -
AID's in the sates
The first confirmed AID;s case in the United States -
Patient Zero
Gaetein Dugas, according to the "American Journal of Medicine", had carried the virus out of africa and introduced it to the western community while working as an airplane attendant. He would later be titleted as patient zero. -
AID's take a life
The first publicly reported patient to have died from AIDS in the U.S was reported in the journal of "Gastroenterology". -
HIV is born
The CDC notices a form of pneumonia developed from a small group of young men living in Los Angeles. -
PCR
Kary Mullis technique of PCR (polymerase chain reaction) is launched in the use of AIDs indentification research. -
early frost
The first ever broadcasted program about AIDS/HIV was presented on NBC. -
prevention
C. Everett Koop creates an eight-page, compressed version the Surgeon General's Report on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome report named "Understanding AIDS" to every 107,000,000 households in the United States, This became the first federal authority to provide advice to US citizens on how to protect themselves from AIDS -
Group O
This type of HIV is in the outlier group, normally seen out of west africa. -
Group N
This is a type of HIV that is neither an outlier or major. This group was discovered in 1989 and has only been seen in cameroon. -
Group P
This is the most recently recognized new form of HIV. -
Mississippi Baby
A baby was cured of HIV after contracting it from its mother during birth. The treatment began 30 hours after the baby was born and the baby is currently more then two years old and hasnt had a treatment since it was 18 months old. -
Sting
Scientest recently discovered the use of bee venom can cease the growth of HIV, but only lightly. -
Transmission is discovered
Health and Human Services Secretary Margaret Heckler announces at a press conference that a scientist, Robert Gallo, had discovered the cause of AIDS.
