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Doctor says AIDS cases
the tip of the iceberg’
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BOSTON — AIDS is probably
far more widespread than pre
viously believed, with many peo
ple unwitting carriers, because
the disorder may also have a mil
der, non-fatal form, the nation’s
top AIDS investigator warned
Wednesday.
Dr. James Curran of the Cen
ters for Disease Control in Atlanta
said the method to diagnose and
report AIDS, which attacks the
body’s immune system, “leads to
an underestimation of the size and
severity of the problem.”
In an interview, he said the
2,157 AIDS cases — 852 of them
fatal — reported as of the third
week of August may be “essential
ly the tip of the iceberg. ”
Curran wrote an editorial in the
New England Journal of Medicine
to mark the two-year anniversary
since Acquired Immune Deficien
cy Syndrome was first officially re
ported. He said in diagnosing
AIDS doctors should check if vic
tims — mostly homosexual men
— have such infections associated
with the disease as a rare form of
cancer, Kaposi’s sarcoma, and an
uncommon type of pneumonia.
The cause of AIDS remains a
mystery and there is no test for the
disease itself.
But Curran, an epidemiologist
who heads the CDC’s AIDS Activ
ity unit, wrote it “is also likely that
a variety of chronic symptoms”
that also may be the result of other
diseases — swollen lymph glands,
recurrent fevers and weight loss
— “are related to the syndrome. ”
Such disorders have been found
among homosexuals, hemophi
liacs, drug abusers and Haitians,
the high risk groups for AIDS.
Doctors believe it is transmitted
through contaminated blood pro-
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ducts and intimate sexual contact
and may be caused by a virus.
“I think we’ll probably find a
larger number of people affected
and the current figures represent
a small portion,” he said, estimat
ing the eventual number may be
higher by “several fold.”
But, he said, “There is no need
for hysteria or panic. ”
“Clearly those people would
have a milder form with milder
symptoms and a better prognosis.
Some may go on to develop a more
serious case or it’s also possible the
milder symptoms perhaps may
ultimately persist.”
“The good news is that the syn
drome may have an overall lower
fatality rate,” he said. “The bad
news is that more people may
have it.”
Eighty percent of people with
AIDS — as presently defined —
die within two years because they
have a damaged defense system
that is unable to ward off disease.
In another AIDS report in the
journal, doctors said an unusual
type of human interferon that has
previously been found in homose
xual AIDS patients has also been
discovered in the blood of two
hemophiliacs who only moriths la
ter developed diagnosable AIDS.
The doctors from Pennsylvania
State University said if corrobo
rated with further research, the
finding might lead to using the un
usual form of interferon — a subst
ance normally produced by the
body to fight disease — as a “mar
ker for the early detection of
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Mattox has wanted tapes
Grand Jury to listen
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AUSTIN — Attorney General
Jim Mattox tape-recorded key
conversations he had with a Hous
ton law firm last June that has
been the object of an Austin grand
jury investigation, a newspaper
reported Thursday.
Mattox will turn over the tapes
to the Travis County Grand Jury
to prove he did not threaten the
law firm’s bond business, the Dal
las TimesHerald reported.
Attorney Robert O. Smith of
Austin, who is representing Mat
tox’s special counsel Athur Mitch
ell, confirmed existence of the
tapes to the newspaper and said
District Attorney Ronnie Earle
agreed to give them to the grand
jury Thursday.
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mental concerns. They
project is a threat to 1
native desert bighorn sf
sity of any testimony before
grand jury that 1 threatened
put the law firm of
Jaworksi out of the bond
ness, ” Mattox said in the lettti
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The grand jury, among other
things, is looking into allegations
by Thomas McDade of the Hous
ton law firm of Fulbright &
Jaworski that Mattox threatened
to harm the firm’s municipal bond
business. McDade represents
Mobil Oil Corp. in a $1.67 billion
lawsuit against the state, which is
represented by Mattox.
Assistant District Attorn
David Garza said prosecute
learned about the Mattox tag
“recently,” but he refusedtoeli
borate.
Mitchell was scheduled
appear before the grand jury at
p.m. today and will give jurof
“one tape with one or more»
versations on it. Smith said
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Mattox Wednesday declined to
comment on existence of the
tapes, but he had referred to them
in a letter to Smith Wednesday
and said they would clear him of
charges that he made the threats.
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told the newspaper that the Mai
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conversations that Mattox W
with attorneys for the Houstonln
firm, including at least one
change between Mattox a»(
McDade.
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“full-blown evidenti;
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will conclusively establish the fal-
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