How Many Kinds Of Hiv Virus Are There

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HIV Transmission

Table of Contents How HIV Spreads Methods of Transmission Rare Types of Transmission Avoiding Transmission How HIV Spreads Many people still do not understand how HIV is passed, or transmitted, fromone person to another. Knowing the basics helps you avoid getting the virus ifyou are HIV-negative, and avoid giving it to someone else if you are livingwith HIV (HIV+). HIV is spread through contact with the following body fluids: ...

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aggressive virus vs. nice virus

Dear Mr. Bob! I met a cute HIV-positive guy who told me about his rather aggressive virus. During two years living with HIV he has nearly died twice. My virus is quite nice to me, am living with it for 19 years now. Now Im wondering how risky it...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Yep, unfortunately this is indeed a possibility! How often this occurs, we do not know, but there are now several well documented cases of both "superinfection" (acquiring a second distinct and possibly more aggressive HIV strain)... Read more »

KIND OF COMPLICATED QUESTION ABOUT HIV+ AND CONCEPTION

I have sort of a confusing qusetion - If a hiv negative woman has intercourse with a HIV+ male, and they conceive - if the mother did not contract the virus from the unprotected encounter, will the fetus still become infected with hiv since the...

Response from Sharon Lee, M.D.

University of Kansas Medical Center

The virus is not carried in the sperm, but in the semen. It is the sperm that incorporates with the egg to form the baby. Therefore,the infant is not at risk unless the mother is positive. This is because the virus can transmit across the placenta.... Read more »

HIV CYBER GOD FROM INDIA,KINDLY HELP!

HIDOCTOR MOYLE IAM A DRUG ADDICT FROM INDIAAND ON MAY 1 I SUSPECTED THAT MAYBE I HAVE USED A USED NEEDLE TO INJECT DRUGS,BUT DR ROBERT I VAGUELY REMEMBER THAT WHETHER I USED A USED NEEDLE OR NOT!IAM NOT SURE THAT THE NEEDLE WAS USED ONE OR NOT,AND...

Response from Graeme Moyle, M.D.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

I cannot help as this forum is for people with HIV. Please address your question to the correct forum on the BodyRegardsDr Moyle... Read more »

Can I get HIV from this encounter . Please kindly help

Hello Dr.Bob,I really appreciate all the help you are proving to people like me. Last week I went to a strip club in SFO where I took a lap dance. I touched the stripper's vagina with my fingers for 3 seconds and then later used the same...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Your HIV-acquisition risk from the activities you describe is nonexistent.Thanks for your support of The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation. Donation information can be found on the foundation's Web site at (www.concertedeffort.org).Be... Read more »

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Is there any test which look for HIV virus itself

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hi everybody I am wondering is there some kind of test which look for virus itself?
I am becoming paranoid about hiv i tested 8 months after my last sex and i am still woried becouse i started doubting everything medicine science even my own body.
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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 »

AIDS patient eradicted of HIV virus?

Posted by Mike89406, 4 Replies

Very interesting read while he went through some hardships doing this it sounds like the opening of a possible new door to treatment. The guy hasn't been on Meds for 600 days after a bone marrow transplant.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122602394113... Read more »

Freaking Out:Jblue and Other Kind Souls!!

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hey People...I don't know what to do:Every symptom that seems to be worht a look and is associated with HIV ,I seem to have,I'm NOT imagining these things:
Anyway long and the short of it is I started out with bumps on my penis and subsequently what... Read more »

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