How Do We Monitor HIV In The Lab

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Can Hep C be gotten thru taking reputable blood labs monitoring my HIV stuff?

"Finally, sexual transmission of hepatitis C can occur although it is not common. Safe sex would mean use of barrier protection, like a condom. You can't get hepatitis C from kissing. However, you should avoid sharing razors or...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

No, I would stress that hepatitis C is not spread by having your blood drawn.Dr. McGovern... Read more »

Concerned with HIV Testing and Monitoring in Developing countries.

BenjaminThanks for your effort and dedication that you and your team have demonstrated in helping... Read more »

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

Testing numbers to monitor?

Hi,I'm recently HIV diagnosed and am receiving medical care and am on medication. When I see... Read more »

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

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HIV Monitoring Test Basics

Your HIV-positive test result only lets you know that you've been infected with HIV. To find out if it's time to get HIV treatment, you'll have to visit a health care provider and get two additional tests. Most HIV-positive people can live many... Read more »

Austin, Texas, Company Raises $14 Million to Market Device to Monitor HIV/AIDS Patients' CD4+ T-Cell Levels

Austin, Texas-based LabNow has raised $14 million in a first round of fundraising to bring to market a new technology that monitors HIV/AIDS patients' CD4+ T cell levels, the Austin American-Statesman reports. The device, which is expected to be... Read more »

Taking Unnecessary HIV Monitoring Tests: A Waste of Valuable Resources

Whenever we do tests for any illness, they should only be done when there is a true clinical need for those tests, rather than ordering them just because someone wants it. In my years of experience working in this field, I have found that the vast... Read more »

Canadian Researchers Develop Portable Device to Monitor HIV in Rural Areas

A team of Canadian researchers has "created a portable device that uses a computer chip with software capable of analyzing blood tests outside the lab ... that could make it easier, faster and cheaper to track the progression of HIV in patients... Read more »

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latest lab results

Posted by movingon, 4 Replies

Hey all - i haven't posted for a while as i have been concentrating on living a healthier lifestyle and trying to get my head back on since diagnosis in August. I just want to share my latest results with you all

1st set , August 07 . CD4 284, 29% ,... Read more »

Ex-Lab Worker Questions HIV Test Results

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Ex-Lab Worker Questions HIV Test Results

By FOSTER KLUG, Associated Press writer

BALTIMORE - Thousands of patients could have received questionable HIV (news - web sites) test results not just hundreds, as hospital officials have suggested,... Read more »

Biology Lab On HIV.Gues who was infected?

Posted by stupidgirl, 2 Replies

First day back to college. My first lab for my biology class was today. Take a sick guess what it was on........The spread of HIV. Now take another guess who just happened to get the anonymously infect cup.....That's right I had the cup or the guy i... Read more »

Tested positive one month ago....first labs

Posted by newpozguy, 3 Replies

Hi all,

Back on October 10th I tested postive for HIV. My HIV test had actually been prompted by other traumatic events in my life that I won't go into here, but let's say that 2006 has been an awful year for me. At any rate, I am very scared as I... Read more »

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