Are There Rare Hiv Infected Who Don't Develop Antibodies

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HIV Is a Continuum Infection Primary Infection (or Acute Infection) Seroconversion The Asymptomatic Stage Early- and Medium-Stage HIV Symptomatic Disease Late-Stage HIV Disease (AIDS) HIV Is a Continuum Most of us are used to thinking of disease in very simple terms: if you feel sick, you are sick; if you feel healthy, you are healthy. However, because HIV may begin causing subtle changes in the immune system long before an infected...

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25 rares cases with hiv but no antibody, and WB negative, and normal inmunoglobulina

http://journals.lww.com/aidsonline/Fulltext/2010/06190/Seronegative_HIV_1_infection__a_review_of_the.2.aspxSince we can explain 25 Rare cases of hiv ..none have antibodies, the majority has a negative viral loadplease read, I need an...

Response from Lisa Hightow-Weidman, M.D., M.P.H.

University of North Carolina

hello there-It is exactly as you wrote, since HIV-1 was first recognized there have been only 25 published case reports of patients with confirmed HIV-1 infection who do not have detectable HIV-1 antibodies. This despite the more than 33.4 million... Read more »

Is HIV- antibodies the best test to detect HIV+? (ELITE CONTROLLERS, 2010) (ELITE SUPPRESSORS, 2010)

I have a friend of mind who hasn't taken any medications for HIV since 2006 and has maintained 0 viral load and a maximum CD4 after he was decleared cured by a herbalist. He was very sick before then but he's been fine all this while going...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Your friend was "decleared" cured by an herbalist? Hmm. Another herbalist curing HIV/AIDS? And he's not on the cover of TIME magazine? What's up with that? Sorry Charlie, I don't believe it. The cure for HIV/AIDS has not... Read more »

Very Scared- Rare strain of HIV. Wife pregnant

Dear Doctor,Firstly, let me congratulate you on your great work.Please let me know how I can contribute to your cause from outside USA. I am from India. I have been to Nigeria 6 years back and had an incidence of protected sex there. But the condom...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,I'll be brief.You've had two negative rapid tests, five negative ELISA tests and a normal CD4-cell count. What part of "HIV is not your problem" don't you understand?Your borderline positive ANA would not affect your... Read more »

Viral loads in those who don't produce antibodies

In rare cases, when someone does not produce antibodies in response to HIV infection(for example, due to agammaglobulinemia or just an atypical host response), do you tend to see higher levels of virus?Thanks....

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

These cases are so rare, that I'm not sure of any data that answers this question. BY... Read more »

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Antibodies and HIV???

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

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HIV ANTI-BODY TEST & THE WINDOW PERIOD TIME FRAME

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Good Day,
Here's what the nation's leading authority on HIV testing has to say about the HIV anti-body test and the time it takes to detect infection.
Oh, and let us not bastardize this information to sooth our worries.
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Could I have HIV Without Antibodies?

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chart with approximate accuracy of HIV antibody ??

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