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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:

“Current Correspondence 4/95”; Correspondence, 1995

 File — Box 2545, Folder: 25
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: 1995

Tom Curtis Accessions

 Collection
Identifier: UPWC-17058
Abstract

Archival inventory of the journalistic career of Tom Curtis.

Dates: 1959-2013

“D. Retrovirus (Bolionuen, Donehower, & Ford Paper”; “Isolation of a Type D Retrovirus from B-Cell Lymphomas of a Patient with AIDS”, July 24, 1992

 File — Box 2545, Folder: 14
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: July 24, 1992

“Darley Mail & Guardian Hooper”; “This Is Where AIDS Started. I’m Quite Sure” by John Vidal and James Meek, September 18, 2000

 File — Box 2544, Folder: 21
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 18, 2000

“Diploid Cell Strains & AIDS”; Emails of articles on Human Diploid Cells, 2000

 File — Box 2544, Folder: 18
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: 2000

“Diseases for our Future (Emerging Viruses)”; “Diseases for our Future” by Julie Ann Miller, September 1989

 File — Box 2544, Folder: 56
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 1989

“DNA Experiment Safety Conditions (Science ’75)”; “Genetics: Conference Sets Strict Controls to Replace Moratorium” article, March 14, 1975

 File — Box 2544, Folder: 36
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: March 14, 1975

“DNCB-Abstract for Berlin”; 9th International Conference on AIDS, Berlin, June 7-11, 1993 Abstract Form, 1993

 File — Box 2544, Folder: 29
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: 1993

DNCB”; Correspondence, AIDS Summary, and DNCB pilot study graphs, 1992

 File — Box 2544, Folder: 3
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: 1992

“DNCB”; Correspondence and articles on HIV, 1991-1992

 File — Box 2544, Folder: 51
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: 1991-1992

“DNCB/Jim Henry”; Tax Transmittals forms and correspondence, 1992

 File — Box 2544, Folder: 1
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: 1992

“Draft Letters to Science”; Letter Drafts from Tom Curtis to Science Magazine, September 3-November 3, 1992

 File — Box 2544, Folder: 54
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-November 3, 1992

“Eckord Wimmer April ‘92”; Interview with Eckord Wimmer, tape one side A, 1992

 File — Box 2544, Folder: 46
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: 1992

“Elise Dallewagne”; Elise Dallemagne comments to Curtis’s article “The Origin of AIDS”, April 3, 1992

 File — Box 2544, Folder: 52
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 3, 1992

“Elswood-Ms., Chimp HIV”; “Isolation and Characterization of a New Chimpanzee Lentivirus” and Christmas, 1982, 1992

 File — Box 2545, Folder: 1
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: 1992

“FDA Talk Paper”; “No AIDS Risk From Polio Vaccines”, April 6, 1992

 File — Box 2544, Folder: 24
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 6, 1992

“FDA/HIV Blood Testing”; Department of Health & Human Services’ Revised Recommendations for the Prevention of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), April 23, 1992

 File — Box 2544, Folder: 41
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 23, 1992

“Frank Lilly April ‘92”; Typed interview with Frank Lilly, tape one side A, April 6, 1992

 File — Box 2544, Folder: 45
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 6, 1992

“Gallo Interview”; Interview with Gallo-Tape No. 2872, containing annotations, undated

 File — Box 2544, Folder: 34
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: undated

“Gallo, Robert (INT.)”; “Should An Important New Compound Be Subject To Standard Rules?” and interview with Robert Gallo, 1991-1992

 File — Box 2545, Folder: 3
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: 1991-1992