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The Associated Press - Saturday, February 26, 1983
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome was identified less than two years ago, but in that short time some 900 cases have already been reported nationwide.
Forty percent of its victims have died.
Until the syndrome was discovered, the immune disease in rhesus monkeys was of concern only to veterinarians, Dr. Donald Maul, a veterinarian at the California primate center, said Thursday. But when the syndrome was reported in humans, Dr. Maul and his colleagues realized there could be a connection.
Last September, the parallels became close enough that Dr. Maul and his colleagues decided it was time to notify the National Institutes of Health, which has scheduled a special meeting March 2 to discuss the development.
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