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NIH Researchers Recall the Early Years of AIDS In Their Own Words

Introduction
First Encounters
Tip of the Iceberg
Mobilizing
Discovery of HIV
Search for Treatments
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Timeline (1981-1988)
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NIH Researchers Recall the Early Years of AIDS

How can you tell that a patient has a previously unknown disease?

How do you care for someone with a mysterious illness–and protect yourself as well?

How do you investigate the cause of a new disease, and find ways to treat and prevent it?

In Their Own Words documents how NIH researchers answered such questions when asked to recall the early days of HIV/AIDS. In launching this web site, we commemorate the 20-year struggle to confront the deadly HIV/AIDS pandemic.

NEWS: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory hosted
HIV/AIDS Research: Its History & Future, October 13-16, 2016
History of HIV/AIDS Research

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