Tuesday, November 24, 2009

How many people died in 1981 from HIV/AIDS;how many people was infected

How many people died in 1981 from HIV/AIDS;how many people was infected?

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I don't know that you will be able to get a clear number for the year of 1981 because the term AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) was not properly defined by the CDC until around September of 1982. Are you wanting to know how many people in the U.S. died or how many people worldwide died? "More than 25 million people have died of AIDS since 1981." * As for how many were infected- that is hard to know as there are people that can carry HIV and not know they have it.
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In 1981, the New York Times reported 41 gay males had contracted what was then an unknown immune disorder. It was not until 1983 that this disorder was found to be caused by AIDS. And since it was not until 1985, that a reliable HIV test was developed, it is nearly impossible to say for sure how many died of HIV in 1981.
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According to Michael Worobey, a University of Arizona evolutionary biologist, AIDS has killed more than 25 million people and about 40 million others are infected with HIV. In the link provided, "The researchers think an unknown single infected Haitian immigrant arrived in a large city like Miami or New York, and the virus circulated for years -- first in the U.S. population and then to other nations." The AIDS virus invaded the United States in about 1969 from Haiti. The timeline laid out in the study led by Worobey indicates that HIV infections were occurring in the United States for roughly 12 years before AIDS was first recognized by scientists as a disease in 1981. Many people had died by that point.

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