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Does Saliva Has Anti-hiv Properties
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Which HIV meds have broader anti-viral properties?Do any of the HIV meds show promise or efficacy as broader antiviral agents...similar to how alpha interferon can be a broad based antiviral? (I don'tmean just for Hep B, but beyond...).Many thanks....
Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.
Stanford University, School of Medicine
Almost all HIV meds are HIV-1/2 specific. However, there are a few that have activity against HTLV 1 and 2, which are also retrovirus cousins of HIV-1....
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Anti-viral properties of semen?This may sound way off base, but here it goes anyway.Several years ago I ejaculated on my... Read more »Kissing and hiv (ORAL FLUID TEST, SALIVA, )I am just curious, if hiv is not transmitted from kissing without bloody contacts, why is it that... Read more »
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Proposed Intellectual Property Agreement Between E.U., India Could Affect Generic Drug Exports, Advocacy Groups SayThe Independent examines how "[t]he cheap supply of antiretroviral drugs to people with AIDS across the world could be choked by an 'intellectual property' deal ... being negotiated [on Friday] at the 12th E.U.-India summit in New Delhi between... Read more »
Brazil's "Hijacking" of Intellectual Property Rights Hurts Investment in Country, HIV Research, Columnist SaysOne of the costs of Brazil's attempts to "hijac[k]" intellectual property rights to obtain lower prices on antiretroviral drugs is "the signal" that it sends to pharmaceutical companies that their "patents are not secure and therefore investing in... Read more »
India: Bayer Stay Order Against Compulsory License DeniedUpdate September 17, 2012 A "Stop Novartis" rally in Mumbai, India, December 2011. © Claudio Tommasini. India's Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) has dismissed Bayer's request for a stay order against the compulsory licence... Read more »
Emory University Should Use $525 Million Deal to Ensure HIV/AIDS Treatment Access for People in Developing World, Opinion Piece SaysEmory University should be congratulated for its recent intellectual property deal in which it will receive $525 million in royalties for an antiretroviral drug developed by its researchers, but the university should use some of the money to... Read more »
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saliva and hiv
Posted by zizo, 1 Reply
I have a very serious questionIf somebody who is HIV positive licks a scratch of HIV negative person. Can this transmit the disease? I mean is it possible for the saliva of hiv positive person to transmit the virus if it touches a bloody scratch of... Read more » saliva test
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
How accurate are the saliva tests? I hear both on them...yet some HIV clinics only use them as their testing methods. Thanks! :)Read more » Saliva, Hiv, Risks?
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
Is saliva risky if it is able to get into your bloodtream? If say your are receiving oral sex and saliva gets on your mucous membranes and into your bloodstream, or if you are getting a french kiss and saliva eneters an open sore in your mouth or...
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Switch625 - HIV Saliva Test
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
Switch - what do you know about the HIV saliva test being used by some insurance companies as a substitute for blood testing ? Is is accurate and how does it work ?
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