The Irish Times How AIDS Spread Across The World Article

The Irish Times How AIDS Spread Across The World Article

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Newspaper article from "The Irish Times" by Dr David Nowlan, Medical Correspondent, dated Tuesday January 13 1987 and entitled "How AIDS spread across the world". This is the second of four articles. Acknowledges the progress of information about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) made in a short period of time by "a huge world-wide research effort" and the "encouraging evidence" for the success of "massive educational preventative campaigns". Discusses how the AIDS pandemic started; the "African genesis of AIDS" with its "most likely" emergence first in central Africa from the zoonotic transference of a disease similar to AIDS infecting green monkeys called "Simian T-cell Lymphotropic Virus (STLV)". Mentions how in comparison to the situation in Africa, "Ireland is still almost untouched by AIDS" with "just 15 cases of full-blown AIDS reported to the Department of Health".

The Irish Times

Arthur Leahy Collection

1987-01-13

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