Life Cycle Of The Hiv Virus

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HIV life cycle, and how HIV affects the immune system

Hi Rick, When Hiv attaches itself to a lymphocyte, is the lymphocyte actually a gland as in the neck or armpit, and does this then become a reproduction factory for HIV with an abundance of T-cells coming from the gland? Thank you for your...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Thank you for your question. HIV infects cells of the immune system called CD4 cells. There are many CD4 cells inside the lymph nodes. These cells can also be found all throughout the body.When HIV enters a CD4 cell, the cell itself becomes a... Read more »

Life of HIV virus?

Dear Robert,I know my question might sound a little stupid to you. But I really hope that you can give me some information to help calm me down.My underwear was somehow contaminated by somebody's blood the day before yesterday. Later, I put it...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Perhaps the real question here shouldn't be whether HIV can survive a trip through the Maytag, but rather how did your tighty whities get "contaminated by somebody's blood?!?"Oh well, I'm not here to pose questions, but... Read more »

life cycle

doctorif one takes his medicines without fail and have no other habits like smoking drinking alchol drugs abuse and works out weekly 5days and takes good food and rest can he expectto live next 20 years without problem . iam 40 years male old on...

Response from Renslow Sherer, M.D.

University of Chicago Hospitals

As physicians are not fortune tellers, this is an important question to which we have no solid answer.Our experience with 3 drug therapy is only 8 years old, and our experience with the best of 3 drug regimens is shorter than that.We are all living... Read more »

Life of HIV virus

Hi! How long can the HIV virus survive outside the human body? What conditions need to be present in order for the virus to live?Thank you for your help....

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

If blood (cells or Plasma) is frozen in liquid nitrogen, HIV can last indefinitely. Once thawed it will be infectious. In the short term, HIV requires living cells to survive and propogate. Infected cells or plasma can be removed from people and... Read more »

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