Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Research Funding: Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Ninety-ninth Congress, First Session : Special Hearing, Department of Health and Human Services, Nondepartmental WitnessesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1986 - 285 pages |
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... retrovirus , human T - lymphotropic virus , type III ( HTLV - III ) / lymphadenopathy associated virus , was identified as the cause of AIDS . It is unusual to have the cause of a disease identified so quickly , especially , as in the ...
... retrovirus , human T - lymphotropic virus , type III ( HTLV - III ) / lymphadenopathy associated virus , was identified as the cause of AIDS . It is unusual to have the cause of a disease identified so quickly , especially , as in the ...
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... HTLV - III virus has been stymied . The HTLV - III antibody that forms the basis of the blood test is not the one that protects against the disease . The development of a vaccine will require additional basic research . Neither a ...
... HTLV - III virus has been stymied . The HTLV - III antibody that forms the basis of the blood test is not the one that protects against the disease . The development of a vaccine will require additional basic research . Neither a ...
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... virus itself ; basic studies supporting the development of reliable diagnostic tests for AIDS ; epidemiologic studies , including examination of cofactors that might play a role along with HTLV - III in causing AIDS ; work aimed at ...
... virus itself ; basic studies supporting the development of reliable diagnostic tests for AIDS ; epidemiologic studies , including examination of cofactors that might play a role along with HTLV - III in causing AIDS ; work aimed at ...
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... disease in virus - exposed individuals ; development of diagnostic tests and viral isolation ; and the determination of genetic and other variations among HTLV - III isolates . Epidemiologic Studies A wide range of epidemiologic ...
... disease in virus - exposed individuals ; development of diagnostic tests and viral isolation ; and the determination of genetic and other variations among HTLV - III isolates . Epidemiologic Studies A wide range of epidemiologic ...
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... virus in antibody - positive persons , and the prognosis for seropositive individuals with mild or no signs of ... HTLV - III infection in newborn children . This involves the identification of HTLV - III positive pregnant women ...
... virus in antibody - positive persons , and the prognosis for seropositive individuals with mild or no signs of ... HTLV - III infection in newborn children . This involves the identification of HTLV - III positive pregnant women ...
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