Is Hiv Deadly

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Botswana: Speeding HIV's Deadly Spread

In Botswana and other nations in southern Africa, AIDS experts say high rates of sexual networking with multiple, concurrent, and enduring partners are partly to blame for driving the epidemic's spread. A second issue is the low rate of... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Texas: HIV a Deadly Problem, Dallas Advocates Say

On the eve of World AIDS Day, advocates gathered in Dallas to remind the community that the disease is still very much present. "People have gotten into a mode of thinking that AIDS and HIV is no longer a problem," said Raeline Nobles, executive... Read more »

HIV Can Be Deadly Even Before CD4 Counts Fall, Researchers Say

Compared to the general population, persons with HIV infection have a higher risk of premature death even before their immune system deteriorates to the point at which doctors have traditionally begun antiretroviral treatment (ART), a new study... Read more »

Ask the Experts

Will anyone who are HIV carrier dead

How long the HIV carrier will dead without any treatment and how long will the carriersurvive after treatment. ...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

There is a wide range of survival times for untreated HIV infected persons spanning from 1 year to 20+ years. In the US the average survival in the pre-treatment era was said to be around 10-12 years. Effective treatment has been available for about... Read more »

HIV transmission from a dead body

Heres a morbid topic. I was reading that undertakers in South Africa were demanding that HIV be listed on the death certificates of those who die of the virus. An industry group for undertakers says that mortuary workers can get infected by fluid...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

I reported a case in the NEJM many years ago (letter)where we were able to recover viable HIV virus from a refrigerated body 1-2 days after death so viable HIV can survive for a while (depending on temperature and other conditions) in a dead body.KH... Read more »

HIV TRANSMISSION FROM DEAD BODY

I am a surgeon. I was working on a deadbody which was preserved in a refrigerator for 18 hours. As i was working , a piece of muscle splashed in to my eyes. I didnt take any prophylactic medications. What is the potential risk of me getting infected...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,A piece of muscle splashed into your eye??? Hmm. Maybe it's time to sharpen that scalpel doc. I generally don't think of muscles as splashing. Your HIV-acquisition risk is nonexistent. See below.Dr. BobEposed accidentally by cut during... Read more »

2004 dead for hiv drug approval/Norvir price hike

Dr. Gerald,After 2003 was so productive for record hiv approvals, why is 2004 so dead for hiv approvals?Ben...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

It is hard to know why drug approval seems to occur in cycles. There are very promising agents in the pipeline for HIV treatment, but dark clouds are on the horizon. Tipranavir is eagerly awaited for use in salvage therapy. This protease inhibitor... Read more »

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Once the fluid containing HIV dries, is it dead?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Once vaginal secretion dry, would the HIV in them die? And how long would HIV live if it were into underwear? Would it die once soaked in? Read more »

dead man, dead man walking

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

i keep reading odds and stats and all of the one time insertive vaginal sex stuff. i'm wondering if my constant depression, well worthlessness, my infidelity, how i let down my wife and family. if that's really whats still eating me alive from the... Read more »

exposing this deadly scam

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

For all of you that have fallen for this HIV scam, you should know that the list host deleted my post because it challenged his/the medical dogma of the so called acquired immune deficiency virus poison theory. You don't need treatments, you need... Read more »

Christine Maggiore's daughter is dead

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Sad news about a leader of the insane AIDS denialists....

Aids sceptic faces probe after death of daughter

26 September 2005 01:45

The leader of an United States movement challenging conventional science on HIV/Aids is being investigated for child... Read more »

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