Where can i find the first article about hiv/aids? like the first discovery of this virus?

please, i need it for a project.

also, if you know any that are from the early ages of aids, about the treatments, please post them . thanks so much

Check out the link below. It explains how and when the virus was first discovered back in the 80s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiv#Origin_...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections. Previous names for the virus include human T-lymphotropic virus-III (HTLV-III), lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV), and AIDS-associated retrovirus (ARV).[1][2]

Infection with HIV occurs by the transfer of blood, semen, vaginal fluid, pre-ejaculate, or breast milk. Within these body fluids, HIV is present as both free virus particles and virus within infected immune cells. The three major routes of transmission are unprotected sexual intercourse, contaminated needles, and transmission from an infected mother to her baby at birth, or through breast milk. Screening of blood products for HIV in the developed world has largely eliminated transmission through blood transfusions or infected blood products in these countries.

HIV infection in humans is now pandemic. As of January 2006, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO) estimate that AIDS has killed more than 25 million people since it was first recognized on December 1, 1981, making it one of the most destructive pandemics in recorded history. In 2005 alone, AIDS claimed an estimated 2.4鈥?.3 million lives, of which more than 570,000 were children. It is estimated that about 0.6% of the world's living population is infected with HIV.[3] A third of these deaths are occurring in sub-Saharan Africa, retarding economic growth and increasing poverty.[4] According to current estimates, HIV is set to infect 90 million people in Africa, resulting in a minimum estimate of 18 million orphans.[5] Antiretroviral treatment reduces both the mortality and the morbidity of HIV infection, but routine access to antiretroviral medication is not available in all countries.[6]

more below

You're looking for the infamous June 5, 1981 edition of the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Of course, at that time, nobody knew what it was yet so HIV or AIDS isn't referred to directly in this article, but this is regarded as "the first" published reports of AIDS causing infections not normally found in immunocompetent humans.

CDC. Pneumocystis pneumonia --- Los Angeles. MMWR 1981;30:250--2.

weblink:http://amcat.org/pubs/mmwr/1981/MM3021.h...

I hope these two sites will help you in your project

http://www.avert.org/origins.htm
http://www.avert.org/his81_86.htm
Both sites will lead you to other information gong back to the 70"s
Good luck

a good place to go would be pubmed or medline. problem is sometimes accessing the article since generally many articles require some sort of subscription, which may be possible through a workplace or university.

www.thebody.com (A comprehensive site featuring in-depth information on topics ranging from HIV prevention to state-of-the-art treatment issues, forums, and even humor and ...)


www.cdc.gov/hiv (CDC provides leadership for HIV prevention research and surveillance and the development and testing of effective biomedical interventions to reduce ...)


aidsinfo.nih.gov (A US Department of Health and Human Services project providing information on HIV/AIDS clinical trials and treatment. It also disseminates federally ...)


www.nature.com/news (HIV attacks two types of cells in the skin of the human vagina, the US-based research ... Because the vagina's skin is the first barrier to the HIV virus, ...)


www.hiv.lanl.gov/ (Collection HIV and related genetic sequence data and computer analyses - from the Los Alamos Natl. Lab.)