| Description | Research proposal to the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) for funding for Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) led clinical and epidemiological studies of AIDS in Zaire. The proposal entitled 'Clinical and Epidemiological studies of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in Zaire was submitted by the principal investigator, Dr Peter Piot. The 73 page proposal outlines the objectives of the study, providing a summary of the known facts of the disease at the time and its features and prevalence in Zaire. It provides a methodology for the 2 year clinical study and templates for questionnaires, details of cohort studies, budget and personnel information. |