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  2. Timeline of HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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    This is a timeline of HIV/AIDS, including but not limited to cases before 1980. Pre-1980s See also: Timeline of early HIV/AIDS cases Researchers estimate that some time in the early 20th century, a form of Simian immunodeficiency virus found in chimpanzees (SIVcpz) first entered humans in Central Africa and began circulating in Léopoldville (modern-day Kinshasa) by the 1920s. This gave rise ...

  3. History of HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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    The HIV/AIDS epidemic of its time in the year of 1987, had taken the lives of nearly 60,000 people across the globe. [109] Its history tells the timeline of how US public health policies are crucial to outlining and protecting all peoples equally.

  4. Gaëtan Dugas - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. HIV/AIDS in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The AIDS epidemic, caused by HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), found its way to the United States between the 1970s and 1980s, [2] but was first noticed after doctors discovered clusters of Kaposi's sarcoma and pneumocystis pneumonia in homosexual men in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco in 1981.

  6. AIDS: homophobic and moralistic images of 1980s still haunt ...

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    The tombstone, revolver and grim reaper imagery of the 1980s and early 1990s have cast a long shadow. AIDS: homophobic and moralistic images of 1980s still haunt our view of HIV – that must ...

  7. UN says nearly 40 million people had HIV in 2023, lack of ...

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    Nearly 40 million people were living with the HIV virus that causes AIDS last year, over 9 million weren’t getting any treatment, and the result was that every minute someone died of AIDS ...

  8. Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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    HIV/AIDS related deaths, HIV Incidence Rate, and HIV Prevalence Rate on a Global Scale Year Deaths due to HIV/AIDS globally [34] HIV Infection Incidence Rate globally [35] HIV Infection Prevalence Rate Globally [35] 1990 336 387 2 100 000 8 500 000 1995 939 400 3 200 000 18 600 000 2000 1 560 000 2 900 000 26 000 000 2005 1 830 000 2 500 000 28 ...

  9. 40 years after onset of AIDS crisis, survivors see parallels ...

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