Can You Still Get Sick With Undetectable Levels

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Undetectable Viral Load Infection and Superinfection (FINDINGS SUGGEST HIV CAN BE TRANSMITTED FROM MSM WITH UNDETECTABLE VIRAL LOAD 2009) (SUPERINFECTION, 2009)

Thanks for your comments and information about the possibility that people with undetectable viral might be able to infect HIV negative people and contribute to HIV superinfection, but is there any research revealing the actual numbers of such...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,No, we do not have reliable information as to how often this phenomenon occurs. As you can probably imagine it is quite challenging to conclusively prove that a particular strain of HIV was transmitted to an already infected individual. This... Read more »

Undetectable but with high LDL levels

I have been undetectable for several year but during my last labs result, descovered that my LDL... Read more »

Response from Keith Henry, M.D. »

Positive with Undetectable level?

Have you ever seen an individual that tested positive for the HIV antibodies with an undetectable... Read more »

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

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Roche, Trimeris Announce Study Results Indicating Fuzeon, MK-0518 Combination Therapy Effective in Lowering HIV to Undetectable Levels

Roche and biopharmaceutical company Trimeris on Thursday announced that their antiretroviral drug Fuzeon -- known generically as enfuvirtide -- in combination with Merck 's experimental drug MK-0518 in a recent study decreased HIV viral loads to... Read more »

Phase II Clinical Trial Shows Vertex's Experimental Protease Inhibitor Lowers Hepatitis C Viral Loads to Undetectable Levels

Cambridge, Mass.-based pharmaceutical company Vertex Pharmaceuticals on Tuesday released results of a Phase II clinical trial that showed its experimental drug VX-950 lowered hepatitis C viral loads to undetectable levels, the AP/ Houston Chronicle... Read more »

Switching From Combivir to Truvada Keeps HIV Undetectable, Improves Blood Fats, But Fails to Improve Limb Fat

A study presented at the joint 2008 ICAAC / IDSA meeting in Washington, DC found that people who switched from Combivir (zidovudine/AZT + lamivudine/3TC) to Truvada (tenofovir + emtricitabine/FTC) maintained their control of HIV replication, had... Read more »

Sexual Encounters With Undetectable HIV-Positive Men

Many HIV experts have recently become embroiled in a new controversy: Does an undetectable viral load translate to significant reduction in HIV transmission during sex? If so, are condoms necessary? What message should be imparted by physicians to... Read more »

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I'm so sick of idiots on this site

Posted by Anonymous, 6 Replies

I am so sick of idiots coming onto this site posting things to scare people. This is in response to the "believe your symptoms and not the test" BULL!! Today's technolgy goes through extensive measures to ensure accurate results. If you have taken... Read more »

Sick of the worried 6

Posted by Anonymous, 6 Replies

Why don't the bunch of you whiny worried wells take all your symptoms and go to the CDC! I am quite sure they, unlike us, are very interested in studying you and hearing all about you latest ailment or how many times you farted last night or what... Read more »

undetectable?

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

dear friends, I had a risk and a lot of ARS-symptoms(rash,lymph-pain,muscle pain,body-pain) But after this time I have done 10 about 20 months! All neg. And I have done 2 pcr-dna-tests( after5 and 7 months) All neg. I am sure to be infected-... Read more »

undetectable need advice on sex DELETED

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