Dr. Margrethe (Grethe) P. Rask ( 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. Events January-February January 6 - The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed (Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City). January 27 - Miguel Primo de Rivera resigns January 30 - General Damaso Berenquer becomes the new prime minister of Spain February 18 - While studying... 1930 – For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). Events January-February January 1 - First woman Episcopal priest ordained. January 6 - EMI sacks the Sex Pistols January 18 - Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious legionnaires disease January 18 - Australia experiences its worst railway disaster... 1977), a The term Danish can indicate: the Danish language Danish tongue is a synonym to the Old Norse language (3rd century - 15th century), spoken in all of Scandinavia belonging to the Germanic tribe Daner. a citizen of Denmark a national of Denmark a belonging to the Danish nation (basically Danes in... Danish physician and surgeon, was the first non-African known to have died from AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, sometimes written Aids) is a human disease characterized by progressive destruction of the bodys immune system. It is widely accepted that AIDS results from infection with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), although this hypothesis is not without controversy. HIV infection is... AIDS.

Born in 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. Events January-February January 6 - The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed (Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City). January 27 - Miguel Primo de Rivera resigns January 30 - General Damaso Berenquer becomes the new prime minister of Spain February 18 - While studying... 1930 in Danish city of Thisted is a Danish municipality in Viborg County. It is on the north bank of Limfjord. With a surface area of 563,6 km² and a population of 20,000, Thisted is one of Denmarks largest municipalities. The economy is based around the agricultural trade. The final stop on... Thisted, Dr. Rask practiced medicine in the The Democratic Republic of the Congo, called Zaïre between 1971 and 1997, is a nation in central Africa. It is sometimes called Congo-Kinshasa, after its capital, to distinguish it from the Republic of Congo, or Congo-Brazzaville. It borders on Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Sudan... Democratic Republic of the Congo (then known as Zaire was the name of the Second Republic of Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1971 and 1997. Although it came into use in 1971, the name Zaire is often still used for the portion of the Congo controlled by Mobutu since 1965. This article addresses this subsequent usage. In... Zaire) from 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. Events January January 2 - the Pierre Hotel Heist - Six men rob the safety deposit boxes of the Pierre Hotel in New York City. Loot is at least $4 million January 5 - President of the United States Richard Nixon orders the... 1972 to For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). Events January-February January 1 - First woman Episcopal priest ordained. January 6 - EMI sacks the Sex Pistols January 18 - Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious legionnaires disease January 18 - Australia experiences its worst railway disaster... 1977, first at a small local hospital in the Zairian town of Abumombazi, and then at the Danish Red Cross Hospital in Kinshasa (formerly Léopoldville) is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. With a population of about 4.5 million, it is also one of the largest cities in sub-Saharan Africa. It is a city of sharp contrasts, with posh residential and commercial areas... Kinshasa. She was likely first exposed to The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a frequently mutating retrovirus that attacks the human immune system and which has been shown to cause acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). History The first AIDS cases were described in 1981. HIV was discovered and identified as the agent for AIDS by Luc Montagnier... HIV during her time in Abumombazi. Her friend and colleague, Ib Bygbjerg (a physician specializing in communicable diseases), wrote in a 1983 letter to The Lancet is a British medical journal, published weekly by the Lancet Publishing Group. It takes its name from the surgical instrument called a lancet. The present editor-in-chief is Richard Horton. There are several specialized editions of The Lancet, called The Lancet Neurology, The Lancet Oncology and The... The Lancet that “while working as a surgeon under primitive conditions, she [Rask] must have been heavily exposed to blood and excretions of Africans patients.”

By 1976, Rask had begun to suffer from Diarrhea in American English, (spelled diarrhoea elsewhere) is a condition in which the sufferer has frequent and watery bowel movements (from the ancient Greek word διαρροή = leakage). This condition can be a symptom of injury, disease or foodborne illness and is usually accompanied by... diarrhea, swollen Lymph nodes are components of the lymphatic system. Clusters of lymph nodes are found in the underarms, groin, neck, chest, and abdomen. Lymph nodes act as filters, with an internal honeycomb of connective tissue filled with lymphocytes that collect and destroy bacteria and viruses. When the body is fighting an... lymph nodes, weight loss, and fatigue. When she finally returned to Denmark (disambiguation). The Kingdom of Denmark is geographically the smallest Nordic country and is part of the European Union. It is located in Scandinavia, which is in northern Europe. Denmark borders the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, and consists of a peninsula attached to Northern Germany named Jutland (Jylland... Denmark in July 1977, she had contracted a number of Opportunistic infections are infections in immunodeficient patients caused by pathogens which are incapable of causing infection in immunocompetent individuals. Opportunistic infections occur in immunodeficiency diseases such as AIDS, as well as in patients who are on immunosuppressant drugs to prevent rejection of organ transplants and patients on some forms of... opportunistic infections such as Binomial name Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus aureus (also known as golden staph) is a bacterium, frequently living on the skin or in the nose of a healthy person, that can cause illnesses ranging from minor skin infections (such as pimples, boils, and cellulitis) and abscesses, to life-threatening diseases such as... Staphylococcus aureus (staph infection), Candidiasis, commonly called yeast infection or thrush, is a fungal infection of any of the Candida species, of which Candida albicans is probably the most common. Yeast organisms are always present in all people, but are usually prevented from overgrowth (uncontrolled multiplication resulting in symptoms) by naturally occurring microorganisms. In... Candidiasis (yeast infection), and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) is a form of pneumonia which is caused by a microorganism called Pneumocystis carinii (It has been proposed that the organism be renamed Pneumocystis jiroveci). It is relatively rare in normal, immunocompetent people but common among people infected with HIV (the virus which causes AIDS). In... Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (a fungal infection of the lungs). Tests at City nickname: none Location in Denmark Area  - Total  - Water 526 km² xxx km² xx% Population  - City ( 2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density 502,204 1,116,979 954/km² [including water] xxx/km² [land only] Time zone Eastern: UTC+1 Latitude Longitude 55°... Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet revealed that Dr. Rask had a nearly non-existent T cells are a subset of lymphocytes that play a large role in the immune response. The abbreviation T stands for thymus, the organ in which their final stage of development occurs. There are many types of T cells: Cytotoxic T cells (CD8+) destroy infected cells. These cells function as... T-cell count, leading to a severely depressed immune system. She died of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia on December 12, 1977. At the time, the doctors treating Rask were at a loss to explain her disease progression, which in retrospect, would come to be seen as the first case of AIDS recorded outside of World map showing location of Africa A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest continent in both area and population, after Eurasia. At about 30,244,050 km2 (11,677,240 mi2) including its adjacent islands, it covers 20.3 percent of the total land... Africa.

Further Reading

Shilts, Randy, And The Band Played On, St. Martin's Press, 1987

Bygbjerg, I. C., AIDS in a Danish Surgeon (Zaire, 1976), The Lancet, 23 April 1983