Word: viruses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...virus has been found in the blood, semen and saliva* of AIDS patients and patients with early signs of the disease; the finding is significant, since doctors have long suspected that the disease is spread by the exchange of body fluids, especially through anal intercourse and shared hypodermic needles...
...hope in this grim picture is the rapid pace of research with the newly identified AIDS virus. There is now little doubt that the viruses isolated by the Pasteur group and by the NCI team under Dr. Robert Gallo are the same microbe. They are, however, slightly different strains, "like two brothers," explains Jean-Claude Chermann of Pasteur. Though a few questions remain, most researchers are now convinced that the virus is indeed the primary cause of AIDS. The evidence is compelling...
...Virtually all AIDS patients have identifiable antibodies to the virus in their blood. These antibodies are almost unknown in the general population...
...Researchers have produced antibodies and even early symptoms of AIDS in chimpanzees by injecting them with the virus or with blood plasma from AIDS patients...
...everyone infected by the virus will develop AIDS. "There is clearly a spectrum of outcomes," says Jerome Groopman of Harvard Medical School. While some individuals will develop the full-blown syndrome, others will simply manifest the flulike symptoms of AIDS-related complex (ARC), a condition marked by swollen glands, weight loss and weakness. While no patient has been known to recover from AIDS, there is new evidence, according to Dr. Jeffrey Laurence of Cornell Medical College, that some ARC patients do get better...