Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: An acquired defect of cellular immunity associated with infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a CD4-positive T-lymphocyte count under 200 cells/microliter or less than 14% of total lymphocytes, and increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections and malignant neoplasms. Clinical manifestations also include emaciation (wasting) and dementia. These elements reflect criteria for AIDS as defined by the CDC in 1993
Found in 183 Collections and/or Records:
“Walter Nelson Rees/RS”; “Responsibility for Truth in Research” by Walter A. Nelson-Rees, Ph.D., September 3, 2000
File — Box 2544, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Reporter/writer Tom Curtis’s personal research and writing materials, 1959-2013. The majority of the articles within the collection were used for research for Curtis’s 1992 Rolling Stone article “Origin of AIDS”. The collection also includes articles written by Curtis for Texas Monthly, Rolling Stone, Houston Post, and others. A few of the materials were photocopied because the originals contained mildew on them from a hurricane. The folder titles preceding a semicolon reflect Curtis’s...
Dates:
September 3, 2000
“Wiston Release”; “No AIDS-Related Viruses or Chimpanzee DNA Found in 1950s-Era Polio Vaccine” report, September 11, 2000
File — Box 2544, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Reporter/writer Tom Curtis’s personal research and writing materials, 1959-2013. The majority of the articles within the collection were used for research for Curtis’s 1992 Rolling Stone article “Origin of AIDS”. The collection also includes articles written by Curtis for Texas Monthly, Rolling Stone, Houston Post, and others. A few of the materials were photocopied because the originals contained mildew on them from a hurricane. The folder titles preceding a semicolon reflect Curtis’s...
Dates:
September 11, 2000
“Yellow Fever Vaccine-Hep. B Outbreak”; The New England Journal of Medicine “A Serologic Follow-up of the 1942 Epidemic of Post-Vaccination Hepatitis in the United States Army, April 16, 1987
File — Box 2545, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Reporter/writer Tom Curtis’s personal research and writing materials, 1959-2013. The majority of the articles within the collection were used for research for Curtis’s 1992 Rolling Stone article “Origin of AIDS”. The collection also includes articles written by Curtis for Texas Monthly, Rolling Stone, Houston Post, and others. A few of the materials were photocopied because the originals contained mildew on them from a hurricane. The folder titles preceding a semicolon reflect Curtis’s...
Dates:
April 16, 1987
