January
On January 17, NCI scientists and their collaborators published the
genome of HTLV-III in Nature. |
March
On March 7, the first AIDS antibody test, an ELISA-type test, was
released. |
April
On April 15-17, the first International AIDS Conference was held in
Atlanta, sponsored by NIH, CDC, and FDA; the Alcohol, Drug Abuse,
and Mental Health Administration; the Health Resources and Services
Administration; and the World Health Organization (WHO). An international
network of Collaborating Centres on AIDS was formed. |
May
The CDC reported 10,000 cases of AIDS in the United States with 4,942
deaths. |
June
The CDC revised the case definition of AIDS to include additional
specific disease conditions and to exclude people as AIDS cases if
they had a negative result on testing for serum antibody to HTLV-III/LAV. |
July
United Press International reported that actor Rock Hudson had AIDS. |
September
Indiana teen Ryan White, a hemophiliac suffering from AIDS, was refused
entry to school. |
September
The U.S. military services began testing for the AIDS virus among
its personnel. |
October
Rock Hudson died on October 2. He was the first major public figure
to die of AIDS. Public fear about AIDS increased dramatically. |
December
Publication of a finding that the AIDS virus is present in saliva
increased public fears about AIDS. |
