Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses for 1997

• Executive Summary & Table of Contents (330 KB,PDF)
• Full Report (without appendices) (1250 KB, PDF)
• Table of Contents for Appendices (68 KB, PDF)
• Appendix A: Federally Funded Research Projects (1250 KB, PDF)
• Appendix A1: Project Abstracts (183 pages)
  
• Appendix A2: Project Funding
  
• Part 1 (1250 KB, PDF)
  
• Part 2 (1250 KB, PDF)

• Appendix B: Abstracts for 1997 National Scientific Meetings (237 KB, PDF)
• Appendix C: Solicitations for New Research (337 KB, PDF)
• Appendix D: Strategy for Research on the Health Effects of Exposure to Low-Levels of Organophosphorous Chemical Warfare Nerve Agents (1250 KB, PDF) (263 KB, PDF)
• Appendix E: Status Report: Research on Serological Testing for Detection of L. Tropica Infection (205 KB, PDF)

Links to other Persian Gulf web pages:

• VA Gulf Vets
• GulfLINK

Overview of the report

The President named the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to coordinate research funded by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government into the health consequences of service in the Gulf War. As part of its coordination role, VA submits to the Veterans' Affairs Committees an annual report on the results and status of research activities.

In addition to the federally funded research efforts highlighted in this Annual Report, there are noteworthy research projects funded by sources other than the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. Because this research adds to, and builds upon, knowledge gained through federally funded efforts, the Annual Report for 1997 includes research findings of non-federally funded investigators published in peer reviewed scientific journals since the Annual Report for 1996.

The Annual Report for 1997 provides:

• summaries of recently published research findings;
• an overview of the evolution and current status of the federal research portfolio on Gulf War veterans' illnesses;
• a discussion of significant research-related events and milestones since the Annual Report for 1996; and
• an overview of federal research management.

The Appendix to the Report contains:

• detailed supplemental information including brief descriptions of the research protocols;
• status and results of all ongoing and completed federally funded research projects;
• annual funding levels of research projects;
• abstracts from two major national scientific meetings; solicitations for new research;
• a strategic plan for research on health effects of low-level exposure to chemical warfare nerve agents; and
• a status report on development and use of experimental serological tests for leishmaniasis infection.