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:
“Lancet/Kyle”; Letters to the Editor of “Origin of AIDS” in The Lancet and other articles, March-April 1992
File — Box 2544, Folder: 55
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-April 1992
Large print outs of the Rolling Stone Issue 626, with article “Origin of AIDS”, March 19, 1992
File — Box 2546, Folder: 2
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 19, 1992
“Larry Ashmead, Correspondence 95”; Correspondence from publishers, 1994-1995
File — Box 2545, 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:
1994-1995
“Lecatsas, G & Alexander, J.”; Articles about HIV, 1989-1992
File — Box 2543, Folder: 42
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:
1989-1992
“Lecatsas, G.”; Fax Transmission of References on “Origin of AIDS”, 1992
File — Box 2543, 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:
1992
“Letters to Science re theory May 29, 1992”; Draft letter from Tom Curtis to Science, 1992
File — Box 2544, Folder: 32
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
Loose leaf pages from SELF magazine used for AIDS research, photocopies of the original, April 1993
File — Box 2543, Folder: 48
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 1993
“Louis Pascal ‘95”; Correspondence and articles by Louis Pascal, 1993-1995
File — Box 2543, 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:
1993-1995
“Louis Pascal Papers”; “What Happens When Science Goes Bad” and “Modern Medicine Started AIDS” articles by Pascal, 1991-1992
File — Box 2543, 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:
1991-1992
“Macaque Kidneys/HIV Infection”; Email of abstracts on kidney cells being infected by viruses articles, September 21, 2000
File — Box 2544, Folder: 19
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 21, 2000
“Manchester Seaman David Carr”; Articles about first identified case about AIDS, 1988-1992
File — Box 2544, Folder: 62
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:
1988-1992
“McNamara”; Correspondence, 1992-1993
File — Box 2544, Folder: 58
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:
1992-1993
“Mycoplasma Articles”; Articles about infectious diseases (1 of 2), 1989-1996
File — Box 2544, Folder: 5
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:
1989-1996
“Mycoplasma Articles”; Articles about infectious diseases (2 of 2), 1970-1996
File — Box 2544, Folder: 6
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:
1970-1996
“Netscope, SCI Med AIDS, & Internet”; Emails and How-To’s for the internet, 1995
File — Box 2544, Folder: 9
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
“NIH Memo 7/21/92”; Testing for Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) Seropositivity Memo from the NIH Director, July 21, 1992
File — Box 2544, Folder: 60
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 21, 1992
“Origin of AIDS Correspondence ‘95”; Correspondence, 1995
File — Box 2545, Folder: 20
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
“Origin of AIDS Study”; Correspondence, 1960-1971
File — Box 2542, Folder: 17
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:
1960-1971
Origin of AIDS Study”; Correspondence and Preliminary Report on Vaccination Against Poliomyelitis, 1959-1962
File — Box 2542, Folder: 16
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:
1959-1962
“Origin of AIDS Study”; Correspondence, Execute A Confidentiality Agreement documents, and typed interviews with Koprowski No. 2871 & 2872, 1992-1993
File — Box 2542, Folder: 23
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:
1992-1993
