The US Military HIV Natural History Study: Informing Military HIV Care and Policy for Over 30 Years
Abstract
In October 1985, 4 years after the initial descriptions of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) began routine screening for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection to prevent infected recruits from exposure to live virus vaccines, implemented routine active-duty force screening to ensure timely care and help protect the walking blood bank, and initiated the U.S. Military HIV Natural History Study (NHS) to develop epidemiologic, clinical, and basic science evidence to inform military HIV policy and establish a repository of data and specimens for future research. Here, we have reviewed accomplishments of the NHS over the past 30 years and sought to describe relevant trends among NHS subjects over this time, with emphasis on combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) use and non-AIDS comorbidities.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 2019
- Source ID
- 10.1093/milmed/usy430
Entities
People
- Anuradha Ganesan
- Brian K. Agan
- Christina Schofield
- Edmund Tramont
- Jason F. Okulicz
- Karl Kronmann
- Merlin L Robb
- Morgan Byrne
- Nelson Michael
- Robert Deiss
- Ryan C. Maves
- Tahaniyat Lalani
- The Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program Hiv Working Group
- Thomas O’bryan
- Timothy H. Burgess
- Timothy J. Whitman
- Tomas Ferguson
- Xiuping Chu
Organizations
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
- Madigan Army Medical Center
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- National Institutes of Health
- Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
- Naval Medical Center San Diego
- San Antonio Military Medical Center
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
- United States Department of Defense
- Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
- Walter Reed National Military Medical Center