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Dr. Harry W. Haverkos had his first encounter with an AIDS patient in 1980. Three years later, he challenged the widely accepted belief that the sole cause of AIDS was HIV, proposing that factors like nitrite inhalants and cytomegalovirus also played a role in AIDS progression. In his investigations of the disease with the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service, the US Public Health Service, and the US Department of Health and Human Services, his research allowed for the implementation of preventative measures against the transmission of HIV and AIDS. Dr. Haverkos' work not only achieved medical advancements but also profoundly affected the AIDS pandemic; his research and collaborations with other medical professionals impacted health policy, medical research, legal and judicial perceptions, and patient self-advocacy.
This memoir follows Dr. Haverkos' career and contributions to our modern understanding of the AIDS pandemic. In it, Dr. Haverkos advocates for a broader understanding of AIDS and a nuanced perspective on infectious diseases, inviting us to rethink preconceived notions and cultivate a more comprehensive view of this global health challenge.
List of contents
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Foreword by Dale Lawrence, M.D.
Abbreviations
Preface
Prologue
1.¿The Emergence of AIDS
2.¿Joining the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS)
3.¿Surveillance: Gathering Information for Action
4.¿National Study of Gay Men
5.¿The Search for the AIDS Virus
6.¿HIV Transmission Via Blood
7.¿Workplace Transmission Concerns
8.¿Haitian Connections
9.¿Out of Africa?
10.¿Nitrite Inhalants and Kaposi's Sarcoma
11.¿Early Attempts at Treatment
12.¿A Health Science Administrator at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
13.¿The Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS)
14.¿U.S. Army and Heterosexual Transmission
15.¿HIV Therapy: HPA-23 to AZT
16.¿What Causes Kaposi's Sarcoma?
17.¿Paradigm Shift: From Koch's Postulates to Rothman's Sufficient Causal Theory
18.¿Multifactorial Causes of Infectious and Chronic Diseases
Epilogue
Appendix A: Report Form-AIDS Surveillance
Appendix B: Questionnaire-AIDS Case-control Study
Appendix C: Leading Causes of Death in the United States Since 1900
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Harry W. Haverkos, M.D., a retired Captain of the U.S. Public Health Service, is a physician with expertise in internal medicine and infectious diseases. His impactful contributions to combatting the AIDS pandemic span across various government health agencies, notably including the CDC, NIH, and FDA. He lives in Rockville, Maryland.
