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Getting Hiv From Donating Plasma
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Need help .. (USING HIV RNS PLASMA VIRAL LOAD FOR ROUTINE DIAGNOSTIC HIV SCREENING)Hi Doctor,Greetings!!You and your team is doing great job!! Thankyou.I am from India. My case was never a risk but i made it complex.I went to a massage parlor, got normal body massage, used the massage towel to clean the oil which floated on to my...
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Hello,First of all, I agree with your doctor: Your HIV-acquisition risk is nonexistent.Second, if indeed there was a potential HIV exposure, the recommended HIV-screening test for diagnosis is an HIV-antibody test at the three-month mark. HIV plasma...
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Need help - Feb 16, 2009 - USING HIV RNA PLASMA VIRAL LOADDoctor!! Greetings!!I am really very sorry for the late reply..This is with respect to the Question... Read more »do plasma centers report hiv infection to local plasma centersi was rejected at a plasma center for high liver enzymes through alt test they said it was not hiv... Read more »
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FDA Approves Bayer, Roche HIV Tests for Use on Blood Plasma, OrgansFDA has approved HIV tests made by Bayer and Roche that are able to detect the virus in blood plasma, Bloomberg News/New York Times reports ( Bloomberg News/New York Times , 3/3). Blood plasma is used in many protein-based therapeutic... Read more »
Nucleic Acid Testing Could Help Detect HIV, Hepatitis C in Tissue Donations, Study SaysNucleic acid testing could help detect HIV, hepatitis C and other viruses in donated human tissue, according to a study published in the Aug. 19 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine , the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. NAT, which was... Read more »
Marion County, Ind., Officials Charge Five People With Knowingly Selling Their HIV-Positive Blood PlasmaOfficials in Marion County, Ind., on Thursday charged five people with allegedly selling their blood plasma despite knowledge of their HIV-positive status -- the first such cases in the county, the Indianapolis Star reports. The infected plasma,... Read more »
HIV Said to Differ in Blood, SemenHIV in seminal plasma differs from HIV in blood plasma, according to a study led by researchers with the University of North Carolina (UNC)-Chapel Hill. The study examined in detail the genetic population of HIV, specifically the env gene for HIV's... Read more »
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< 400 copies of HIV RNA per 1 ml of plasma (????)
Posted by Anonymous
PCR RNA @ 28 Days... Is this a woo-hoo ? Read more » blood donation question
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
If donated blood tests positive for HIV, how long after the donation date will the donor of that blood be notified? Thanks Read more » Blood Donation
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
I'm a male, and I donated blood 13 days after having unprotected vaginal/oral sex with a female of unknown HIV status. I disclosed this with the donation site worker and she informed me that their tests can detect HIV particles at 11 days after...
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Mr. Sowadsky says its okay too donate
Posted by nomoreworry4me
Response from Mr. Sowadsky Hi. Thank you for your question. Actually, this is an extremely controversial issue. If you look at CDC and FDA guidelines, a man who has had sex with another man (since 1977) is excluded from donating blood, organs, and... Read more »
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