Articles About Hiv/aids In India

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Journals Focus on HIV/AIDS Law, Epidemic in India; Fact Sheet on HIV/AIDS in India; Guide for Living With HIV; Essay on AIDS Statistics

"HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review ," Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network : The April 2005 issue of the review includes the latest developments in courts worldwide, HIV/AIDS-related news in Canada, and international and legal network news ("HIV/AIDS... Read more »

Science Magazine Examines AIDS in India in Second Part of Series on HIV/AIDS in Asia

The April 23 issue of Science magazine features a series of articles on India's AIDS epidemic, the second part of an occasional series of articles on HIV/AIDS in Asia leading up to the XV International AIDS Conference to be held in Bangkok,... Read more »

Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report Highlights HIV/AIDS-Related Articles

Several newspapers published HIV/AIDS-related content during the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto. Headlines appear below. Agence France-Presse "India's WTO Compliance Threatens AIDS Drugs: Protestors " (AFP/Yahoo! News,... Read more »

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I BEG on my KNEES and ask your help...Will donate $50 and need your opinion on Reliability of Tridot (screen test) done in Mumbai, India. (PCR TESTS SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR ROUTINE HIV SCREENING, 2009

Dear Doctor, I have already written to you for about 5 times and will keep doing till I get your opinion on my questions please Doc......I am 27 years old guy from India and will definately donate $50...this is the max that I can afford. Comming on...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,1.Yes, I would consider negative HIV-antibody tests at weeks 14 and 18 to be definitive. Certainly if you remain worried, the option for a six-month repeat test is always open to you.2.See above. HIV-antibody tests remain the best and most... Read more »

CONFUSED ABOUT YOUR ARTICLE (DEFINITION HIV VS AIDS 2009)

In your answr to a patient , you said that the current definition of AIDS is not reversible to HIV. It is my understanding that even if you have been diagnosed with AIDS, once you get better CD4 more than 200 and no opportunistic infections the...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello HIV Educator,"When did this definition change?" Actually the definition never changed. Apparently your understanding has been incorrect all along! Once someone has a diagnosis of AIDS, it is indeed absolutely irreversible, even if... Read more »

Different variety of HIV strain C in India?

Dear Dr Holodniy. I have recently read an article over the internet, published in the Journal of Virology (1999). Scientists, who are investigating vaccine formation have discovered that HIV subtype C in India is somehow different from the other C...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

I guess you will have to call and ask Ortho.... Read more »

Different variety of HIV strain C in India?

Dear Dr HolodniyI have asked this question recently on 21 Feb 2001, but possibly it was somehow missed. I would really appreciate your opinion and reply.I have recently read an article over the internet in the journal of Virology (1999)about the...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

You'll just have to call Ortho.... Read more »

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2001 articles, Men and HIV/AIDS

Posted by Anonymous

The Body, 2001: Men, epidemiology fact sheet:

Over 70% of Hiv infections occur through sex between men and women. Yet in most regions of the world 2/3 or more with Hiv are men. 53% of all people with hiv are men.
5% to 10% occur through sex... Read more »

HIV Care US vs. India and Living in the Mid East

Posted by SMARS, 2 Replies

Hello...Three days ago I found out that my brother been diagnosed with HIV. My brother is a US Citizen living abroad in the Middle East. We are trying to decide where he should go for treatment, India or the US. At the moment, all he knows that he... Read more »

Media Request--Article on HIV+ Couples

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I am currently writing an article for the magazine HIV Plus that is exploring whether HIV+ couples have safer sex and their concerns, if any, about superinfection and drug resistance. If you are in a relationship with another HIV+ man, I'd be... Read more »

Article on living with HIV

Posted by Ryan_Handy

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My name is Ryan Handy and I am journalist from Columbia University. I am writing an article that focuses on the lives of HIV patients, and discusses everything from dealing with side effects of HIV medications, to adjusting one's life style... Read more »

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