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Unpublished Documents
Memorandum, July 30, 1981 - a memo from the CDC
requesting NCI collaboration on studies of Kaposi's sarcoma and opportunistic
infections, “a problem of significant public health concern
and scientific importance.”
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Memorandum, August 6, 1981 - NCI announcement of a meeting on September
15, 1981, to develop a coordinated strategy regarding the etiology
and treatment of Kaposi's sarcoma.
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Letter, August 17, 1981 - confirmation of Acting Director, Division
of Cancer Treatment, NCI, as introducer at the Kaposi's sarcoma workshop
on September 15, 1981.
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List, August 17, 1981 - of probable attendees at Kaposi's sarcoma
workshop on September 15, 1981.
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Report, September 15, 1981 - summary of the workshop on Kaposi's sarcoma
sponsored by NCI and CDC. Includes cover page, overview, attendee
list, contents page and 21-page report.
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Report, October 13, 1981 - report to the record by researcher in Family
Studies Section on Kaposi's sarcoma workshop of September 15, 1981.
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Memorandum, October 13, 1981 comment on Kaposi's sarcoma workshop.
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Notes, October 13, 1981 - on Kaposi's sarcoma workshop by researcher
in Environmental Epidemiology Branch, NCI.
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Memorandum, October 13, 1981 - on Family Studies Section of NCIÍs
proposed research studies on Kaposi's sarcoma.
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Memorandum, November 3, 1981 - NCI protocols for Kaposi's sarcoma
after September 15 workshop.
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Memorandum, January 7, 1982 - from Assistant Secretary for Health,
PHS, to directors of NCI, NIAID, and NIDA about Kaposi's sarcoma
and cooperation with the CDC.
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Letter, January 15, 1982 - from Director of NIAID to Assistant
Secretary for Health, PHS, about NIAID work on Kaposi's sarcoma.
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Memorandum, February 4, 1982 - from Acting Director, Division of Cancer
Treatment, to Director of NCI about work on Kaposi's sarcoma.
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Letter, February 18, 1982 - from Director, NCI, to Assistant
Secretary for Health, PHS, about NCIÍs efforts to study
Kaposi's sarcoma.
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Letter, February 23, 1982 - from Director, CDC, about meeting
at CDC on March 3, 1982, on Kaposi's sarcoma.
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Agenda, February 23, 1982 - for proposed March 3 meeting on Kaposi's
sarcoma.
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Memorandum, March 8, 1982 - on setup of Epidemiology Working
Group on Kaposi's sarcoma at NCI.
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Memorandum, March 8, 1982 - on setup of Epidemiology Working Group
on Kaposi's sarcoma at NCI.
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Summary, March-April 1982 - NCI's intramural studies on Kaposi's sarcoma
and opportunistic infections syndrome.
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List, April 13, 1982 - witness list for Congressional Subcommittee
on Health and Environment hearing on Kaposi's sarcoma.
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Statement, April 13, 1982 - for the record on April 13 subcommittee
hearing.
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Memorandum, June 8, 1982 - from Hospital Epidemiologist, Clinical
Center, on recommendations for care of AIDS patients on NIAID protocols.
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Report, July 2, 1982 - to Director, NCI, about June 30, 1982, meeting
on acquired immunodeficiency syndrome at New York City Health Department.
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Publication 24
Proposal, July 7, 1982 for Cooperative Agreement on project
for Etiologic Studies of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
from NCI.
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Publication 25
Memorandum, July 13, 1982 - from chair on organization
of the NIH Working Group.
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Memorandum, July 14, 1982 - from Director, NIH, on establishment
of NIH Working Group on epidemic of acquired immunosuppression,
opportunistic infections, and Kaposi's sarcoma.
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Memorandum, July 15, 1982 - follow-up to July 2, 1982, report
on NIH response to epidemic.
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Summary, July 19, 1982 - of projects relating to AIDS on which
Environmental Epidemiology Branch, NCI, is working.
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Agenda, July 20, 1982 - for meeting of NIH Working Group on Kaposi's
sarcoma.
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Summary Minutes, July 20, 1982 - of NIH Working Group on Kaposi's
sarcoma meeting.
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RFA Cooperative Agreement, August 13, 1982 - proposal by NCI
on Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (Kaposi's sarcoma) and
Opportunistic Infections.
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Request, August 19, 1982 - by Assistant Secretary for Health,
PHS, for increased effort by PHS agencies on AIDS.
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Report, September 10, 1982 - on NCI research activities on AIDS.
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Memorandum, September 27, 1982 - from Director, NIAID, to Director,
NIH, on need to provide instructions on safe handling of specimens
from AIDS patients.
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Memorandum, October 8, 1982 - response from Director, NIH, to September
27 memorandum.
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Letter, November 5, 1982 - to office of Congressman E. R. Roybal from
Special Assistant to the Director, NIH, describing NIH research on
AIDS.
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Memorandum, November 10, 1982 - from Assistant Chief, Clinical
Center Critical Care Medicine Department, to Special Assistant
to Director, NIH, on NIAID protocol to investigate AIDS.
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Report, December 1, 1982 - on presentations on AIDS at National Cancer
Advisory Board meeting by Dr. Bruce Chabner, DCT, NCI, and Dr. James
Curran, CDC.
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Memorandum, December 21, 1982 - from Director, CDC, announcing meeting
at CDC on January 4, 1983, on AIDS prevention with special emphasis
on blood and blood products.
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Summary Minutes, December 23, 1982 - of NIH Working Group on AIDS
meeting on December 20 focusing on concern about transmission of
AIDS through the blood supply.
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| The AIDS Memorandum,
1983 - 1984 AIDS Memorandum was an informal NIAID newsletter of
fast-tracked, unpublished information that circulated among the
NIH scientists working on the disease.
The AIDS Memorandum was published in one volume of nine issues
between August 1983 and December 1984 by the National Institute
of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Dr. Ruth Levy Guyer,
an immunologist on the staff of the NIAID Scientific Director,
was editor of the publication.
The AIDS Memorandum was modeled on other scientific memoranda that had helped
to “fast-track“ information on other puzzling diseases, leprosy and
hepatitis, and on developments in interferon research. Publication in peer
reviewed scientific journals meant considerable delay between the time of a
discovery and awareness by others in the field. The AIDS Memorandum, like the
other memoranda, printed non-peer reviewed material, preliminary data, negative
observations, single-case reports, and other types of material not usually
accepted in peer-reviewed publications.
Users of the AIDS Memorandum agreed to treat all material as privileged and
subject to change before submission to a refereed journal. Users also agreed
not to cite material without first obtaining the consent of the author(s) and
to share material in the Memorandum only with other individuals willing to
honor these ground rules.
By 1985, many peer reviewed journals recognized the AIDS epidemic as a crisis
and began expediting publication of AIDS articles. At that point, NIAID judged
that the AIDS Memorandum had served its purpose, and publication was discontinued.
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