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GRID- Gay Related Immune Deficiency. It was the 1982 name first proposed after public health scientists noticed clusters of Kaposi's sarcoma and Pneumocystis pneumonia among gay males in Southern California and New York City.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe HIV virus was not discovered until 1983.
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∙ 11y agoBefore it was called HIV, it was known as GRIDS- Gay-Related Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
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∙ 9y agoHIV was earlier called HTLV. It was thought to be related to another family of viruses.
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