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How Many Hiv Virus Particles Circulate In The Body

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Sealing or wrapping hiv particles

Just curious to know why there are no attempts to block the virions physically by sealing them inside a barrier. I mean like putting an apple in a pocket and seal it up. The spikes covered by a substance shouldn't be no more able to insert the...
Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine
It's an interesting thought. Even if you could devise some method to wrap the circulating viral particles, you are still left with the portion of virus that is integrated into the human genome in each infected cell which would not be subject to... Read more »

Questions from a Male Heterosexual "circulating (recombinant forms, CRF A/E, HIV subtypes)

I am a male heterosexual with multiple partners. These women vary in sexual histories, with some of... Read more »

Hiv particles in needles

Hi I'v heard sharing needles and unprotected sex are the most common ways of transmitting the... Read more »
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Project Inform

HIV Affects Blood Circulation Similar to Smoking

In an oral presentation at CROI 2009 in Montreal, Canada, information from three studies (FRAM, CARDIA and MESA) show that HIV infection increases the risk that someone will develop hardening of the arteries, or a progressive thickening and... Read more »
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

FDA Orders Abbott to Stop Circulating Two Ads for Antiretroviral Drug Kaletra, Charging Ads Are Misleading

FDA on Tuesday made public a letter ordering Abbott Laboratories to stop circulating two advertisements for its antiretroviral drug Kaletra because the agency said the ads "exaggerat[e]" the drug's benefits and omit information about possible... Read more »
Johns Hopkins AIDS Service

HIV Viral Load

The development and recent licensure by the FDA of new molecular techniquesdesigned to detect circulating virion-associated HIV RNA in plasma has enabledinvestigators to study the viral dynamics and pathogenesis of HIV and hasallowed clinicians to... Read more »
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

"Smart Bomb" RNA Molecule Could Take Out Drug-Resistant HIV

Researchers have engineered an RNA molecule to block freely circulating HIV as well as replication inside infected cells. Tests in mice engineered to be susceptible to HIV showed the chimeric RNAs reduced HIV-1 replication by several orders and... Read more »
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Particle Agglutination

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
How accurate is this test? I was tested using this method after one year and 3 months, i just want to know if this method is accurate. Read more »

HIV resistance outside body

Posted by Anonymous
IS THE HIV VIRUS VERY FRAGILE AND DIES IMMEDIATELY ONCE OUTSIDE THE HUMAN BODY

The truth of the matter is that the HIV virus (the AIDS virus) is one of the hardiest viruses known to mankind. According to a study from the Pasteur Institute in Paris... Read more »

Propolis kills HIV virus

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Contrary to the opinion of your 'expert' on this site, bee propolis has been shown to kill the HIV virus:

"With a little alcohol, Gekker extracted a tincture from Dressens raw propolis, and began treating her cold. And thats when the unbidden thought... Read more »

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