Hiv And Predictions

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

HIV Results by Phone: Can We Predict Who Will Test HIV-Negative?

To study a requirement that all patients return to the health care setting to learn their HIV test results, the researchers described the number of HIV cases detected at Sydney Sexual Health Center among persons who disclosed no known risk factors... Read more »

British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS

Genetic Test Predicts Response to Maraviroc in Treatment-Experienced HIV Patients

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada -- A genetic approach to determining HIV tropism can be used to effectively identify patients who will respond to treatment with the CCR5 antagonist maraviroc, according to new data presented today at the 5th... Read more »

Using Hair to Manage HIV/AIDS and Predict Treatment Success

UCSF researchers have found that examining levels of antiretroviral drugs in hair samples taken from HIV patients on therapy strongly predicts treatment success. The findings , published in the February 20 issue of AIDS , note that the levels of... Read more »

Ask the Experts

Does neuropathy predict HIV progression?

if someone already had nerve damage in their feet, would hiv infection tend to attack this earlier than normal?and if someone had only been infected for a year and gotten nueropathy that quickly, would that mean they are a fast progressor or can...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

Hi and thanks for posting. Neuropathy can develop from other medical conditions and does not represent a special susceptibility to HIV infection. Similarly, the occurrence of neuropathy with HIV is not a predictor of rapid progression. Rather, rapid... Read more »

predicting infection date and outcome

I think i was infected in May 1998. My HIV test came back positive. My VL is PCR 2000 (second test, one month later)it was 3450 (one month prior to second test)and CD4 is 780. Is this possible my VL is decreasing without treatment. Based on...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

the variation between 2000 and 3450 is within the variability of the assay. We usually allow about a 2 fold variablity because of the assay. Thus your viral load did not decrease on it's own. It is possible that May was the month. He is correct... Read more »

what my results are predicting?

I am 53yrs old and i was tested hiv+ this nov13,my results are as follows :viral load <53CD4/CD8 0.6CD8 % 60.8Lymphocyte% 49.9total Leucocyte count 8300absolute CD4 Lymphocyte count 691Absolute CD8...

Response from Eric Daar, M.D.

UCLA School of Medicine

If I am interpretting what you have written correctly it looks like your viral load is undetectable and CD4 cells are 691 without ever having been on therapy. Assuming you have had your HIV antibody tested repeated and you are indeed HIV-infected... Read more »

resistance time predicts success?

Since the latest on T-20 reveals that HIV develops resistance to it in about 2 to 4 weeks in most in the clinical trials when used ALONE, does this mean that it is not going to be as potent as pi's? PI's normally developed resistance...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

I believe these other agents will have a role in combination with traditional meds, unless the studies indicate otherwise.MH... Read more »

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suprbowl prediction....

Posted by alive2, 4 Replies

ok, so if your reading this you want the skiny on who i pick, drumroll please

one of them will win, and one will lose.which teams im not sure.hahaha. really thought i knew? i dont, just like hiv im just trying to get by, win or lose im going to... Read more »

HIV1?HIV2?HIV-O?HIV-N?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

We didn't even know about HIV until the 1980's. So, we invented a HIV1 test, only to find there is a HIV2. So, we invented a HIV2 only to find out there is a HIV-O. Why are we so ignorant to think there couldn't be another strain...for which we... Read more »

HIV-1? HIV-2? HIV-O?

Posted by Anonymous, 6 Replies

Test Result

Posted by zazoo, 2 Replies

My result was back on Saturday and I just found out today what most of have predicted. Yes, I am HIV NEGATIVE. This is definitely my last test. I have to concentrate my thoughts and energy on something much more beneficial than HIV. It is time... Read more »

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