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AIDS disease was first reported in


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USA

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France

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Russia

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Germany

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Solution

The correct option is A

USA


AIDS is the abbreviation for ‘Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome'. In the year 1980, doctors noticed an increase in the incidence of Kaposi’s sarcoma and a lung infection called Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) among homosexual men. San Francisco resident Ken Horne, was the first AIDS case to be recognized in the United States on April 24, 1980.

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