Epidemiology

For 15 years, Research Group Has Been at Forefront of AIDS

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, June 14th, 1999

To the gay men they sought for blood samples, the University of Pittsburgh researchers in Pennsylvania were known as the "vampires," people who lurked in the basements and back rooms of bars with needles at the ready.

They worked in cooperation with bar owners who plied subjects with free beer. They enlisted the help of popular barflies who goaded other patrons into participating.

They became the lifeblood of a pioneering research project, now 15-years-old, that has changed treatment for HIV and offered a definitive glimpse of its history.

"The study raised the awareness level," a gay bar owner said. "Just being involved in the...

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