Is Hiv Eradication Impossible

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Myanmar Stresses Impossibility of Total Eradication of TB

Despite the application of new treatment tactics, Myanmar Health Minister Kyaw Myint has expressed strong doubts about Myanmar's total eradication of TB anytime soon. Speaking last week at a meeting jointly sponsored by World Health Organization and... Read more »

"Hard to Argue" HIV/AIDS Treatment Impossible in Developing World With Success of Program in Haiti, Opinion Piece Says

Partners in Health and its workers in Haiti "have already made it hard to argue that [AIDS] control is impossible," and "thanks to this growing effort ... the rich nations of the world now face a choice -- a choice about the kind of planet future... Read more »

HIV Eradication: Time to Talk About a Cure

How HIV Enters an Immune Cell HIV destroys the Immune system by targeting key cells called helper T cells. In the 1990s scientists learned that HIV gains entry to these cells by latching onto a protein on the cell's surface called CCR5 (top... Read more »

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LASIK Impossible for HIV patients?

I see that Dr. Conway has answered a question, stating that LASIK surgery is fine for newly diagnosed HIV patients who will never progress to AIDS. I just returned from a LASIK doctor's office, where a staffer told me that the FDA prohibits...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

I have had dozens of HIV+ patients undergo LAKIK surgery in Minnesota without problems-the advice from that doctor's office is incorrect and inappropriate. KH... Read more »

Low Viral Load, Impossible to Transmit?

Someone we know has married an HIV+ person. His attitude towards HIV is very concerning for our family. He point blank, word for word said that it was IMPOSSIBLE to get HIV from HIM because his HIV is not contagious since his T Cells are low. (I...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

HIV, even with an undetectable viral load, is potentially transmissible. For instance, his blood-to-blood scenario would definitely be extremely risky! However, without very specific circumstances blood-to-blood, unprotected sex, sharing... Read more »

It must be almost impossible!

Dear Dr. Bob,First off all thanks for all the work you and your collegues put into this site.I have studied yours and others statistics for catching HIV during one single encounter. This means if all your partners are HIV positive right? Then it is...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Tony,Your facts are correct, but your understanding of the statistic isn't quite right. A 0.1 to 3 percent per episode probability risk of transmission does not mean "1 per 300 intercourses." The risk is actually the same for each... Read more »

HIV eradication?

The Journal of Medical Virology claims that HIV eradication seems possible. There's also a study on Pubmed:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19031451...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Yes, I am aware of this article. I would like to see the additional evidence (i.e. HIV proviral DNA measured by PCR from blood cells and lymph nodes) and not just the evidence presented in the paper.... Read more »

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New Hope for HIV Eradication

Posted by Mondo, 4 Replies

I'm sure most of the forum members have seen the latest good news story doing the rounds. I feel quite hopeful that this might be the big news story developing.
We have to have hope even if its slim hope. Ive enclosed a brief on the story if you... Read more »

New Hope for HIV Eradication

Posted by Mondo, 4 Replies

for impossible or esmerelda....

Posted by derrick92

PLEASE answer the 3 ?s seperately. today, a friend of mine was showing me a paper and i felt his hand brush against my nose. now what concers me is that i didnt see if he had any cuts and dotn kno if he has hiv or not, and no boogers either; i... Read more »

For Impossible . . . .

Posted by SRCHFRANS34, 1 Reply

That german singer Nadja Benaissa was found guilty of the charges against her of causing grevious bodily harm , and attempted bodily harm , by having unprotected sex when she knew she had the virus and not informing her lovers , (3) .
She... Read more »

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