jnynge@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (05/05/91)
I read that in a Project Inform article that there is evidence of HIV infection dating back to the 1950's. That is the first time I heard anything about that. Does anyone have any info about that or any references?? Thanks Jeanne
cradov@hardy.math.umass.edu (Carlo Radovsky) (05/08/91)
In article <1991May4.210031.17111@cs.ucla.edu> jnynge@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes: >I read that in a Project Inform article that there is evidence of HIV >infection dating back to the 1950's. That is the first time I >heard anything about that. Does anyone have any info about that or >any references?? Sorry to not have any references handy, but here goes: In 1959, a sailor in England contracted and died of a mysterious disease. Tissue samples were kept, and with the advent of the test enabling genetic identification of the virus, it was determined that the man DID have HIV. Biagio
pmccann@spam.ua.oz.au (Paul McCann) (05/08/91)
In article <1991May7.220430.14647@cs.ucla.edu> cradov@hardy.math.umass.edu (Carlo Radovsky) writes: > Sorry to not have any references handy, but here goes: > > In 1959, a sailor in England contracted and died of a > mysterious disease. Tissue samples were kept, and with the > advent of the test enabling genetic identification of the > virus, it was determined that the man DID have HIV. > > Biagio The original article was published by Corbit, G., Bailey, A. and Williams, G. in Lancet 336, 51 (1990). A report on the research can be found in Nature, vol 346, p92 (1990). 1959 is also the year in which the earliest known serum samples found to contain antibodies to HIV(1) were collected (in Zaire). ___ Paul (pmccann@spam.ua.oz.au)