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Noe began his career as a sailor in 1961, when he was 15 years old. Journalist [[Edward Hooper]] established that Noe had twice visited [[Africa]] as a sailor; first from mid-1961 to mid-1962 when Noe worked on the merchant vessel ''Hoegh Aronde'', which traveled the west coast of Africa to [[Douala, Cameroon]]. Noe was treated for [[gonorrhea]] on this journey. He returned to Africa in 1964, when he reached the port city of [[Mombasa, Kenya]], in eastern Africa.<ref>Hooper, Edward. ''The River''. Penguin Press, 1999. P 772</ref> |
Noe began his career as a sailor in 1961, when he was 15 years old. Journalist [[Edward Hooper]] established that Noe had twice visited [[Africa]] as a sailor; first from mid-1961 to mid-1962 when Noe worked on the merchant vessel ''Hoegh Aronde'', which traveled the west coast of Africa to [[Douala, Cameroon]]. Noe was treated for [[gonorrhea]] on this journey. He returned to Africa in 1964, when he reached the port city of [[Mombasa, Kenya]], in eastern Africa.<ref>Hooper, Edward. ''The River''. Penguin Press, 1999. P 772</ref> |
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By 1968, Arne Vidar Røed was no longer a [[sailor]] and was working as a [[trucker|long haul truck driver]] throughout Europe (mainly in Germany). Beginning in 1966 (the same year [[Robert Rayford]] first presented with symptoms, Røed suffered from joint pain, [[lymphedema]], and lung infections. His condition stabilized with treatment until 1975, when Røed's symptoms worsened, he developed motor control difficulties and dementia, and died. His wife grew ill with similar symptoms; she and their nine-year-old daughter both died in 1977. |
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Arne Vidar Røed | |
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| Born | 23 July 1946 |
| Died | 24 April 1976 |
| Occupation(s) | Sailor and truck driver |
Arvid Darre Noe (1946–1976) is the anagram and alias of Arne Vidar Røed, a sailor who is the first named person known to have contracted HIV and who later died from AIDS. He is the second earliest person confirmed to have died from AIDS, after Robert Rayford, a teenager from St. Louis, Missouri, who died in May 1969. However, HIV was identified in blood and tissue samples of victims who died in western Africa as early as 1959, though the immediate cause of death was not identified at the time.[1]
The true identity of Arvid Noe was officially unknown and names and places of his life had been changed to help conceal his identity until decoded by David Daniel (2011).
Illness and death
Noe began his career as a sailor in 1961, when he was 15 years old. Journalist Edward Hooper established that Noe had twice visited Africa as a sailor; first from mid-1961 to mid-1962 when Noe worked on the merchant vessel Hoegh Aronde, which traveled the west coast of Africa to Douala, Cameroon. Noe was treated for gonorrhea on this journey. He returned to Africa in 1964, when he reached the port city of Mombasa, Kenya, in eastern Africa.[2]
By 1968, Arne Vidar Røed was no longer a sailor and was working as a long haul truck driver throughout Europe (mainly in Germany). Beginning in 1966 (the same year Robert Rayford first presented with symptoms, Røed suffered from joint pain, lymphedema, and lung infections. His condition stabilized with treatment until 1975, when Røed's symptoms worsened, he developed motor control difficulties and dementia, and died. His wife grew ill with similar symptoms; she and their nine-year-old daughter both died in 1977.
Later investigations
Approximately a decade after Noe's death, tests by Dr. Stig Sophus Frøland of the Oslo National Hospital concluded that blood samples from Noe, his daughter and wife all tested positive for HIV.[3]
Based on research conducted after his death, Noe is believed to have contracted HIV in Cameroon in 1961 or 1962, where he was known to have been sexually active with many African women, including prostitutes.[4] Noe was infected with HIV-1 group O, which is known to have been prevalent in Cameroon in the early 1960s[citation needed].
During his tenure as a truck driver, from 1968 to 1972, Noe picked up many prostitutes and almost certainly gave some HIV; these women almost certainly passed the disease on to other clients.[5]
References
- ^ 'Origins of HIV and the AIDS Pandemic', CSH Perspectives, 2011, Paul M. Sharp and Beatrice H. Hahn. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ^ Hooper, Edward. The River. Penguin Press, 1999. P 772
- ^ Frøland, S.S., et al.. "HIV-1 Infection in Norwegian Family before 1970". The Lancet. June 11, 1988. Pp. 1344-1345
- ^ Hooper, Edward, Sailors and star-bursts, and the arrival of HIV, from the British Medical Journal, 1997
- ^ Hooper, 1997
See also
- Timeline of early AIDS cases
- Robert R. — 15-year-old St. Louis teenager who was the first confirmed death from AIDS in North America; died 1969.
- Grethe Rask — Danish physician infected in 1972 while performing surgery; died in 1977.
- Gaëtan Dugas — homosexual Canadian flight attendant who infected between 245-350 gay men from 1979 until his death in 1984, called Patient Zero by author Randy Shilts.