How Does Hiv Affect Hispanic Culture

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New HIV Cases Among Minnesota Hispanics Almost Doubled Last Year; Culturally Appropriate Prevention Measures Called for

The number of Hispanics newly diagnosed with HIV nearly doubled in Minnesota within one year, suggesting more culturally appropriate prevention efforts are needed to raise awareness among the group, according to a report released Monday by the state... Read more »

Reports Released on HIV/AIDS Programs in Resource-Limited Settings and HIV/AIDS Among Hispanics; Special JAMA Issue Includes HIV/AIDS-Related Articles, Commentaries and Editorials

"From the Ground Up: Building Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Care Programs in Resource-Limited Settings ," Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation : The three-volume publication provides guidance for health care workers, managers and policymakers on... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

HIV/AIDS Among Hispanics -- United States, 2001-2005

In the United States, Hispanics are affected disproportionately by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Although Hispanics accounted for 14.4% of the U.S. population in 2005, 1 they accounted... Read more »

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Increased sensitivity of a viral culture when CD8 cells are taken out

Happy holidays, Dr. Holodniy,I read an answer of yours to a question posted earlier this year in which you said that the sensitivity of an HIV viral culture on cells is in the range of 85 to 90.I have also read that viral cultures are much more...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

There are many variables which affect the sensitivity of HIV culture. Removal of CD8 cells would increase the sensitivity. There are no published studies which address and compare the sensitivities rigorously. Since this is not a routine clinical... Read more »

MAC diagnosis but nothing found in culture

I was treated for MAC for year and a half and then stopped , remained on HAART , took a treatment break for 5 months and developed severe pains , swelling and necrosis of lymphs on biopsy . But while they tried to culture for mc they unable to...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Necrotic nodes can be difficult to culture organismas out of and are a real challenge as your situation demonstrates. MAC can certainly cause that-if you had culture demonstrated MAC previously then relapse is a major concern so often patients wind... Read more »

HIV/throat culture

Can a throat culture accurately detect HIV infection?...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,No, it cannot. Throat cultures are used to diagnose conditions such as strep throat, not HIV. The only way to diagnose HIV is with an HIV-specific test. There are HIV-diagnostic tests that use oral fluids and are obtained by swabbing the gums... Read more »

CMV culture/DNA reliability and HIV infection

Are there difficulties with accurate diagnosis of CMV through culture and PCR in people infected with HIV? Would cultures show false negative in early stages of infection? Thank you for your help....

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

CMV laboratory tests are reliable in HIV+s.... Read more »

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HISPANIC HIV LOOKING FOR A HIV WOMEN

Posted by Anonymous

HI, MY NAME IS HUMBERTO FROM MASTIC BEACH IN LONG ISLAND . I AM LOOKING FOR A WOMEN WHO UNDERSTANDS THE EMOTIONAL AND FELLING OF SOMEONE WHO IS LIVING WITH HIV AND IS NOT AFFRAID TO HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEONE. WHO ALSO LIKES MOVIES,... Read more »

HIV Prevention among Hispanics in Pierson, Florida

Posted by HIV_Prevention1

Hello I'm an outreach worker in Pierson, Florida and I'm looking for a Hispanic teen or adult who lives near by that would volunteer to come and talk to my students. I run the Youth Empowerment Progran in this area, which is an HIV/AIDS prevention... Read more »

The Problem in Hispanic and Black Communities.

Posted by youngman, 1 Reply

Why is it that the Hispanic and African American Communities here in the United States are being hit the hardest with the HIV/AIDS problem. Is it possible because prevention and awareness is not a concern to our government, or is it another factor?... Read more »

Viral culture test for hiv. gmanbill?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Can anyone tell me if having a viral culture is a good idea,
for finding hiv.ive already had dna,bdna,pcr,antibodys,antigen.

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