Hiv Infection And Serum Conversion

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infectivity on serum

Hi Dr,I had an encounter at a strip club. I rubber her vagina twice around 5 seconds. I touched her vaginal fluids. After that encounter i saw my finger that touched her fluids. A couple of hours back i peeled a little skin at that finger. I pressed...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

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Your risk of HIV infection from the encounter that you describe is virtually zero; you would need contact with blood into your subcutaneous tissue or mucous membranes to sustain any risk. -BY... Read more »

HIV/ serum albumin correlation

Is it common or uncommon to have a serum albumin level as high as 48 g/l after several years'... Read more »

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

Serum negative but girfriend's ( hiv antibody/antigen screen) postive

Hi ..my girfriend just been through a test to get a visa done, her test( hiv antibody/antigen... Read more »

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D. »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Table 2. Estimated Percentage of Injecting Drug Users at Risk for Acquiring Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection (n = 9,565) Who Engaged in Behaviors Associated With HIV Infection, by Selected Characteristics -- National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System, United States, 2009

Table 2. Estimated Percentage* of Injecting Drug Users at Risk for Acquiring Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection (n = 9,565) † Who Engaged in Behaviors § Associated With HIV Infection, by Selected Characteristics -- National HIV... Read more »

Illinois: AIDS Black Caucus Hosts Conversations on HIV

HIV/AIDS researchers, service providers, advocates, and others came together March 28 at the University of Chicago for a conversation on connecting HIV/AIDS research and black men who have sex with men (MSM). The summit was part of a series of... Read more »

Aging and HIV: A Conversation with Dr. Malcolm John

Thanks to years of HIV health advocacy, better understanding of HIV disease and its complications, and improved antiretroviral treatment regimens, people with HIV now are better able to maintain their health and live longer -- perhaps even decades... Read more »

Women and HIV: A Conversation With Dr. Nancy Padian

Around the globe, countless women are unable to protect themselves from HIV -- largely because they lack access to condoms or can't count on their male sex partners to use condoms consistently. Potentially life-saving HIV prevention interventions... Read more »

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Late conversion

Posted by Anonymous

Dear freinds, anyone knows the different between the serology test like herpes IgG and chlamydia IgG and ELISA HIV test. The accuracy and sensitivty should be much different. I have a late conversion of chlamydia but with a different test ( ELISA... Read more »

Timing of Acute HIV and Sero-Conversion

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

My question relates to timing of possible HIV exposure, Acute HIV and subsequent sero-conversion.
Note I have tested negative with Elia tests out to 19 weeks but I have not been well since 2 weeks after the event feeling tired with off and on with... Read more »

Hep C and Hiv Conversion

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Question if someone has hep C, will this effect a 1st gen Elisia test at 3 months?

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Sero conversion

Posted by Anonymous

Hello,

Is there a link between the severity of the symptoms during HIV infection and the time required to become HIV +?

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