Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) was formally identified among injecting drug users (IDUs) in 1981, and research on preventing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among drug injectors began shortly thereafter. At the time this resea...

The problem of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the United States has been growing, in both scope and complexity, at an alarming rate. As evidence of the emergence of these diseases as a primary national concern, the Surgeon General has design...

In order to define the clinical syndrome of AIDS and begin to deal with it effectively, scientists needed to understand how the immune system works. Fortunately, considerable knowledge was available: research in immunology over the last two decades h...

Human T-cell leukemia virus infection in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome: preliminary observations -- Tuberculosis and leprosy control in developing countries -- Nontuberculous mycobacterial infections in hemodialysis patients--Loui...