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Gaëtan Dugas (French: [ɡaetɑ̃ dyɡa]; February 20, 1953 – March 30, 1984) was a Canadian flight attendant whose role in the early years of the AIDS epidemic attracted considerable attention. Initially identified as a central figure labeled " Patient Zero ", Dugas faced allegations of being a primary source of HIV transmission to the ...
Killing Patient Zero is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Laurie Lynd and released in 2019. [1] The film is a portrait of Gaëtan Dugas, the Canadian man who was one of the earliest diagnosed HIV/AIDS patients in North America, but became incorrectly demonized as "patient zero" for the epidemic after his role in the early story of the disease was used to illustrate contact tracing in ...
Dugas may refer to: May Dugas de Pallandt van Eerde (1869–1937), Baroness and conwoman; Firmin Dugas (1830–1889), businessman and politician; François Octave Dugas (1852–1918), politician; Gaëtan Dugas (1953–1984), AIDS victim; Gus Dugas (1907–1997), baseball player; Jean-Baptiste Dugas-Montbel, translator; Jeanne Dugas (1731–1817 ...
Zero Patience is a 1993 Canadian musical film written and directed by John Greyson.The film examines and refutes the urban legend of the alleged introduction of HIV to North America by a single individual, Gaëtan Dugas.
Pharmaceutical formulation, in pharmaceutics, is the process in which different chemical substances, including the active drug, are combined to produce a final medicinal product. The word formulation is often used in a way that includes dosage form .
The names "caffeine" and "3,7-dihydro-1,3,7-trimethyl-1H-purine-2,6-dione" both signify the same chemical compound.The systematic name encodes the structure and composition of the caffeine molecule in some detail, and provides an unambiguous reference to this compound, whereas the name "caffeine" simply names it.
In pharmacy, a formulation is a mixture or a structure such as a capsule, tablet, or an emulsion, prepared according to a specific procedure (called a "formula")."). Formulations are a very important aspect of creating medicines, since they are essential to ensuring that the active part of the drug is delivered to the correct part of the body, in the right concentration, and at the right rate ...
Jeanne Dugas (October 16, 1731 – October 1817) was an Acadian woman whose life exemplified the history of the Acadian people in the Canadian Maritimes. [ 1 ] Early life