MICROBIO 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Conspiracy Theory, Immunodeficiency, Polio Vaccine
5 Sep 2016
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Biology of cancer and aids 11/13/15: the origin of hiv. Conspiracy: cia deliberately infected large numbers of african americans with hiv under the guise of hepatitis immunizations (not true) 2% of nation"s capital (washington) are infected with hiv (same level as. The story: april 22 1984 head of cdc says they have the cause of aids. Researchers at pasteur institute discovered lav virus the previous year: april 23 1984 us health and human services secretary. Margaret heckler announced dr. robert gallo of nci had isolated. Aids virus htlv-iii: heckler said we would have vaccine, still have no vaccine low proofreading, makes a lot of mistakes, aids activism in early 1980s. People newly infected with hiv 2. 7 million: aids deaths 2. 0 million. 1/5 people don"t know they"re infected and aren"t being tested. Centered around sub-saharan africa (67% of people living with hiv) Aids epidemic has left behind 15 million aids orphans.
