A Congolese man died of an unknown disease. Years later, the analysis of the man's blood sample made him the first confirmed case of HIV infection.
198 1 year
Doctors in California and new york reported that Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) and Kaposi's sarcoma (a rare tumor) broke out among gay men. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported relevant news. This is the beginning of widespread concern about AIDS in the medical community. This syndrome is named gay-related immunodeficiency? Grid).
1982
This syndrome was found to be related to blood. Cases of this syndrome are found not only among gay men, but also among women, heterosexual men, drug addicts, hemophiliacs, blood transfusion recipients and infants. This syndrome was renamed as Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines it as an epidemic.
In addition, 14 countries reported AIDS cases.
1983
Under the leadership of Dr. Montagnier, researchers at the Pasteur Institute in France isolated a retrovirus, which they called Lymphadenitis Associated Virus (LAV). Later, this virus was considered as the pathogenic factor of AIDS.
AIDS cases have been found in 33 countries.
1984
The American government announced that Dr Gallo from the American National Cancer Institute had isolated a virus named HTLV-III, which can cause AIDS. (Two years later, LAV and HTLV-Ⅲ were identified as the same virus. An international committee named it human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
The US Department of Health and Human Services predicts that the AIDS vaccine will be tested in humans within two years.
Gaetan Dugas, who was called "Patient No.0" by American researchers, died. The Canadian flight attendant had sex with dozens of gay men who were first diagnosed with AIDS in the United States.
1985
American Food and Drug Administration? The FDA approved the AIDS diagnostic kit developed by Gallo Laboratory and obtained the patent of the US Department of Health. The Pasteur Institute of France filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Health for the patent right of the kit. In the end, French and American institutions agreed to share the royalties of the suite.
Actor rock hudson became the first public figure to die of AIDS.
Ryan white, a 13-year-old American hemophiliac with AIDS, was refused to continue studying in his public school.
1986
The World Health Organization (WHO) has promulgated a global AIDS strategy.
1987
FDA approved AZT as the first anti-HIV drug.
Princess Diana opened a hospital for AIDS patients in Britain. The photo of her shaking hands with AIDS patients changed people's attitudes towards AIDS patients and HIV-infected people in the past.
American President Ronald Reagan mentioned the term AIDS for the first time in public after six years in power.
The United States began the first AIDS education program.
1988
The Director-General of WHO declared 65438+February 1 as World AIDS Day every year.
1990
Ryan white, who was famous for fighting for the right to attend public schools, died at the age of 19. The United States Congress passed the ryan white Comprehensive AIDS Resource Emergency Act (CARE) to help AIDS patients without medical insurance or other resources.
WHO has received more than 307,000 AIDS case reports, but WHO estimates that the actual number may be close to 6,543,800+0,000.
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Johnson, the basketball star of the Los Angeles Lakers, publicly declared that he was infected with HIV and quit basketball to promote public awareness of AIDS.
1992
The FDA approved the combination of DDC and AZT in the treatment of advanced HIV infection, which is the first successful combination treatment of AIDS drugs.
France accused three senior health officials of selling blood products contaminated by HIV in 1985. Their behavior led to hundreds of people infected with HIV through blood transfusion.
1993
Russian ballet star Rudolf Nureyev and American tennis legend arthur ashe died of AIDS.
A clinical trial in Europe called Concorde found that AZT was ineffective for HIV-infected people without AIDS symptoms.
1994
Actor Tom Hanks won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role as an AIDS patient in the movie Philadelphia.
1996
The United Nations UNAIDS project was launched, replacing the previous WHO global project.
FDA approves the first protease inhibitor for HIV-infected people. These drugs inhibit the activity of protease that HIV needs to replicate.
Studies have shown that the combination of three drugs is more effective than the combination of two drugs. The prospect of cocktail therapy to control HIV has become optimistic.
Professor He Dayi, a Chinese-American, was named the man of the year by Time magazine for his outstanding contribution to AIDS treatment, becoming the first scientist to be selected as the man of the year in 35 years.
Johnson resumed his basketball career.
1997
Researchers found that HIV invaded the memory cells of human immune system, creating a hiding place for the virus itself.
UNAIDS reports that the AIDS epidemic is more serious than previously estimated. There are 30 million people infected with HIV worldwide, and16,000 people are infected with HIV every day.
1998
The first human trial of AIDS vaccine began in the United States.
American and European pharmaceutical companies filed a lawsuit against a decree issued by the South African government. This law allows the South African government to buy brand-name drugs to treat AIDS at a lower price than other places.
Also in South Africa, AIDS activist Gugu Diamini was killed by a neighbor after claiming to be HIV-positive on TV.
1999
Researchers at the University of Alabama in the United States reported that they traced the source of HIV to an orangutan in central and western Africa.
In 2000,
At the 13 International AIDS Conference, South African President Thabo Mbeki questioned the safety of anti-AIDS drugs and whether HIV caused AIDS, which attracted overwhelming criticism.
200 1 year
People pay more and more attention to the adverse reactions of highly toxic drugs to control HIV and the failure rate of drug treatment.
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan called for the establishment of "armor" of at least $7 billion a year for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS in developing countries.
American and European pharmaceutical companies withdrew their allegations against the South African government for three years.
South Africa's AIDS report shows that 4.7 million people in the country are infected with HIV, ranking first in the world, and this number is still growing. 1/4 adults in south Africa are infected with HIV.
According to UNAIDS data, as of 200 1, about 2 1 10,000 people in the world died of AIDS, including10.7 million residents in sub-Saharan Africa. About 36 million people are infected with HIV, and about 26 million of them live in Africa.