The first case of HIV in the US was reported in 1981? T F
Health · High School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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The first recognized cases of what would later be known as AIDS were reported in the United States in June 1981. However, researchers later traced earlier infections of the virus to as far back as the late 1960s in the US. The virus likely moved from primates to humans in Africa in the early to mid-20th century, but it was not identified in the United States until several decades later. The year 1924 is not accurate in relation to the first reported case of HIV in the US.