HISTORY OF HIV/AIDs, THE FIRST MAN TO CONTACT IT AND THE FIRST TO BE CURED, AND PLEASE I DO NOT WANT IRRELEVANT ANSWER, PLS!!!!
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Explanation:
♤Up until now, we've never been able to say that a person infected with HIV/AIDS has been cured. As I said, up until now.
You see, in 2006, something incredible happened in a hospital in Berlin. It was there, thanks to a unique and risky stem cell transplant, that a man may have become the very first person ever to be fully cured of HIV/AIDS.
This man's name has not been released; he's only known as the Berlin patient. But we know he's an HIV-positive American in his 40s who has been working in Berlin. In 2006, he was diagnosed with acute leukemia. In an attempt to treat his leukemia AND his HIV, the man's doctor -- Dr. Gero Hütter -- arranged for him to receive a stem cell transplant from a very special donor.
Ever since that transplant, the Berlin patient has had an undetectable viral load even though he hasn't been on HIV/AIDS treatment since before the transplant. The man has generously allowed scientists to take almost every possible biopsy and test, including the most ultrasensitive HIV tests available, but HIV has not been detected anywhere in his body. It's now almost three years since this operation and HIV still seems not to have reemerged. His story inspires new hope that some sort of gene therapy may be the key to an HIV cure.
Dr. Jeffrey Laurence, the chief scientist at amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, has become the main contact in the U.S. regarding the Berlin patient
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April 24, San Francisco resident Ken Horne is reported to the Center for Disease Control with Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). Later in 1981, the CDC would retroactively identify him as the first patient of the AIDS epidemic in the US.
Timothy Ray Brown (March 11, 1966 – September 29, 2020) was an American considered to be the first person cured of HIV/AIDS
Explanation:
Scientists believe that HIV originally came from a virus particular to chimpanzees in West Africa during the 1930s, and originally transmitted to humans through the transfer of blood through hunting. Over the decades, the virus spread through Africa, and to other parts of the world.
However, it wasn’t until the early 1980s, when rare types of pneumonia, cancer, and other illnesses were being reported to doctors that the world became aware of HIV and AIDS. This timeline highlights some of the major events and discoveries in HIV and AIDS since this time.
The Discovery
In the US, reporting of unusually high rates of the rare forms of pneumonia and cancer in young gay men begins. The disease is initially called Gay-Related Immune Deficiency (GRID) because it is thought it only affects gay men. Cases are also reported in Injection Drug Users by the end of the year.
1981
Men embrace 1982: The first case of AIDS in Canada.
The First Case of AIDS
The disease is renamed Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Canada reports its first case of AIDS in March. It is realized that the infection can be sexually transmitted and caused by HIV. Cases are reported in blood transfusion recipients.
1982
Heterosexual couple
Women Can Become Infected
It is discovered that women can become infected with AIDS through heterosexual sex.
1983
The First Conferences on AIDS
The first International Conference on AIDS is held in Georgia, USA. The first Canadian Conference on AIDS is held in Montreal.
1985
Mother to Child
From Mother to Child
It is discovered that HIV can be passed from mother to child through breast-feeding.
1986
Anti-retroviral drug, AZT Approved
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration approves the first anti-retroviral drug, AZT.
1987
adult and child hands holding red ribbon, hiv awareness concept, world AIDS day
World AIDS Day
The first World AIDS Day is held on December 1st, 1988.
1988
crowd of people
People Living With HIV
Between 8-10 million people are estimated to be living with HIV worldwide.
1990
Person Holding a Red Ribbon
Symbol of AIDS Awareness
The red ribbon became the international symbol of AIDS awareness, intended to be a symbol of compassion for people living with HIV and their carers.
1991
Dr. Mark Wainberg
Dr. Mark Wainberg contributes to development of 3TC
CANFAR-funded researcher Dr. Mark Wainberg contributed to the development of 3TC, a drug being used to treat HIV. This was a combination drug therapy, which brought about an immediate decline of between 60% – 80% in rates of AIDS-related deaths and hospitalization for patients who could afford it. There are an estimated 23 million people living with HIV and AIDS worldwide.
1996
World Health Organization
Troubling Statistics
The World Health Organization announces that AIDS was the fourth biggest cause of death worldwide and the number one killer in Africa. An estimated 33 million people were living with HIV, and 14 million people were recognized to have died from AIDS since the start of the epidemic.
1999
Millennium Development Goals
Millennium Development Goals
The UN adopt the Millennium Development Goals, which included a specific goal to reverse the spread of HIV, malaria, and TB.
Greater Access to HIV Medication
UNAIDS negotiates with 5 pharmaceutical companies to reduce the cost of HIV medication for developing countries.
2000
2003
HIV self test kit
Point-of-Care Testing
Health Canada approves a rapid HIV antibody test for sale to health professionals in Canada, which enables point-of-care (POC) testing that can provide an accurate HIV antibody test result in two minutes.
Photo Credit: Tijana Martin/Canadian Press.
2010
Timothy Ray Brown and
The Berlin Patient
Confirmation is published that Timothy Ray Brown is cured of HIV, four years after completing treatment.
Photo Credit: Timothy Ray Brown (left) with the German hematologist who did the transplant that cured him. Photo by Robert Hood / Fred Hutch News Services.