History of HIV

HIV was discovered in 1981, in 1983 HIV appeared to be caused by AIDS. In 1983, the HIV virus was found to be the cause of AIDS. HIV was found in five gay men in Los Angeles California, HIV is also known to have jumped species from non-human primates to human primates.  Also in 1987 a drug called azidothymidine was discovered which slowed down  HIV and helped the death rate reduce from 80% and raised the life expectancy for newly diagnosed infected people in bewteen ages 20-50 years. As of 2006, HIV had killed about 25 million people since 1981.