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Gaëtan Dugas (French: [ɡaetɑ̃ dyɡa]; February 20, 1953 – March 30, 1984) was a Québécois Canadian flight attendant whose role in the early years of the AIDS epidemic attracted considerable attention.
Jul 25, 2019 · Gaëtan Dugas was a Quebec flight attendant who was falsely blamed for starting the AIDS epidemic in North America. This film by Laurie Lynd exposes the myth, the homophobia and the history of HIV/AIDS through his story.
Oct 27, 2016 · CNN — The man blamed for bringing HIV to the United States just had his name cleared. New research has proved that Gaëtan Dugas, a French-Canadian flight attendant who was dubbed “patient...
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Oct 26, 2016 · A team of researchers at the University of Arizona sequenced HIV virus taken from Canadian flight attendant Gaetan Dugas, the man called "Patient Zero" in the best-selling book And the Band...
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A new study reveals that HIV arrived in New York City in 1970, 10 years before anyone noticed, and spread to San Francisco and other places. It also shows that Gaëtan Dugas, who was wrongly labeled as "Patient Zero", was infected after the virus had already spread widely in the U.S.
Jul 10, 2013 · “For many, the name Gaetan Dugas embodies the start of HIV/AIDS – yet most have never heard his story.” Noah Stewart, a founding member of AIDS Vancouver, also questions the origins of the "Patient Zero" theory and popular views of Dugas’s life within the video.
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4 days ago · Gaetan Dugas was vindicated of his “Man Who Gave Us AIDS” label in 2015 when his viral DNA was genetically sequenced and compared to other samples. There was nothing significant about his HIV sample compared to others at the time – genetic analysis showed that HIV was present in the country at least a decade before Gaetan contracted it ...
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