How Are Hiv And Aids Different

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HIV/AIDS Therapy: No "Substantial" Difference Found in Antiretroviral Therapy Benefit by Gender

Amsterdam researchers M. Prins and colleagues of the Municipal Health Service found that the beneficial effects of antiretroviral (ARV) therapy do not differ between the sexes. The investigators "reviewed the available literature on the potential... Read more »

Different HIV/AIDS Prevention Strategies Being Debated After Detection of Rare, Drug-Resistant HIV Strain

Following New York City health officials' announcement last week that they have detected a rare, drug-resistant HIV strain, HIV/AIDS experts and advocates are examining different prevention strategies, some calling for a "renewed commitment to... Read more »

North Carolina HIV/AIDS Service Organization to Continue Under Different Name Following Funding Losses

The oldest HIV/AIDS service organization in Charlotte, N.C., will continue to provide services under a different name after Friday, despite earlier reports that it was on the verge of closing, the Charlotte Observer reports. Although officials... Read more »

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the medical difference between HIV and AIDS

what is the medical difference between HIV and AIDS?...

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D.

University of Miami School of Medicine

The term HIV is used to refer to the virus (HIV-1) that causes AIDS. Persons who are infected with the virus may remain healthy for some time after the initial infection. In fact, the average time between the initial infection and developing... Read more »

Difference between HIV and AIDS

What is the difference between HIV positive and AIDS?...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

HIV positive just indicates HIV infection (as evidenced by antibodies against the virus in the blood or presence of the virus as measured by viral load). AIDS is defined as HIV infection with a CD4 count of < 200 or 14%, or the presence of one or... Read more »

Major differences between HIV and AIDS

My wife was diagnosed about 8 months ago and I watched the conversion process. Is the conversion process similar when converting to AIDS? What should I watch for? The other question is, what are some of the major, distinct differences in the two...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

Sorry to hear about your wife.I think you're confused. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS (and the seroconversion that you report). There is only one virus, not two. With time HIV causes immune damage, when the damage has reached severe... Read more »

HIV-1 and HIV-2 difference

Please what is the difference between HIV-1 and HIV-2. What are the symptoms of each of them.Is ARS the same thing as HIV-1...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

HIV-1 is the predominant form of virus worldwide that accounts for the AIDS pandemic. It was originally derived from a very similar retrovirus in Chimpanzees and made the leap into the human population in Africa in the 1920s as best we can tell from... Read more »

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Different Q & A about hiv testing:

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

clarificatoin on testing?
Posted: Apr 2, 2001

is a negative result at 4 1/2 months on a salive test goor/reliable after a low risk exposure(fingering?) thank you

The OraSure testing system is generally thought to be an excellent screening tool and... Read more »

5 or 6 weeks negative. How much difference?

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

I have read that "The standared HIV test, the HIV antibody test would be positive within 3-4 weeks of exposure." I'm kind of confused here since if they say the standard antibody test (I assume they mean ELISA) would be positive with 3-4 weeks, then... Read more »

accuracy of different kinds of tests

Posted by JillianB, 2 Replies

Is one type of HIV test any more accurate than the other? I had a rapid test done (not the oral one, the one that uses a blood sample, sorry I don't know the name) at 7 weeks and plan to have the same test done at 13 weeks. I just read a post by... Read more »

Transition from HIV to Aids

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Can anyone explain to me, in the simplest form, knowing that HIV deteriorates the immune system, killing the T-helpers making it possible for opportunistic infections to impair someones health. How does it become labeled Aids, when I thought that... Read more »

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