Potential HIV Vaccines

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London's Times Examines Test Aimed at Detecting Potential HIV/AIDS Vaccines

The London Times on Monday examined a test that aims to identity the "best potential AIDS vaccine from among other less promising products." According to the Times , early results from the test indicate that it can detect whether a vaccine... Read more »

Merck Begins Enrolling Participants Worldwide for Potential HIV/AIDS Vaccine's Phase II Trials

Pharmaceutical company Merck and the HIV Vaccine Trials Network on Monday announced that they have begun enrolling participants worldwide in a Phase II study -- a collaboration of Merck, HVTN and the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious... Read more »

Investigational Vaccine Shows Modest Potential for Protecting Against HIV Infection

For the first time, scientists say an investigational vaccine has modest potential for protecting people against HIV infection, the Associated Press reports. "The vaccine -- a combination of two previously unsuccessful vaccines -- cut the risk of... Read more »

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Would a potential vaccine help those already infected?

This may seem like a dumb question, but it is one that rarely goes answered: Let's assume for the sake of this question that a potentail vaccine for hiv/aids were to become available. Is the current hypothesis amongst those in the medical...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Hi. Thank you for your question. The answer to your question is actually quite simple: nobody knows. We will not know the answer to a question like this, until a vaccine becomes available. Considering that a vaccine will realistically not be... Read more »

help please potential hbv hiv coinfection

Dear Doctor,After a risky exposure (unprotected oral sex) I have developed all the symptoms of ARS (app 3 weeks after contact) with nightsweats, swollen lymphnodes, loss of appetite, candida, rashes on the face, weightloss, low grade fever at 6...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

Your risk exposure was low in the first place but it is reasonable to check your serologies one more time. I would fully expect them to be negative. You may want to discuss your severe anxiety with your doctor further since it sounds like you are... Read more »

Gardasil plus flu vaccine, false positive HIV?(INFLUENZA VACCINATION AND INDETERMINATE WESTERN BLOT TESTS) (FLU SHOT AND FALSE POSITIVE HIV TESTS)

A week ago my 17-year-old daughter received a letter from Red Cross indicating she screened HIV positive after donating at a recent blood drive. Results were HIV-1/HIV-2 Positive, Confirmatory Indeterminate, NAT Negative. Retesting was done at a...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Thanks for your post. Yes, we are trying to get this more recent information out to a wider audience. The influenza vaccine changes from year to year to cover the most likely flu strain candidates for the coming flu season. We do have recent... Read more »

HPV Vaccine Potential

Below is a summary of a broadcast that was on NBC news. Do you know if this potential vaccine against the HPV virus would have any effect on those of us that already have HPV and are concerned that it may cause us cancer somewhere down the road??...

Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.

Harvard Medical School

I do indeed believe that an HPV vaccine will help patients like yourself who already have HPV and are concerned about cancer down the road. Many patients are under the INCORRECT impression that vaccines are good only for people without infection.... Read more »

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Potential HIV risks please help

Posted by 613, 3 Replies

OK, Just for clarification, I have considered taking an HIV test when I get my yearly physical here are my risks

1. Received oral sex from a woman in 2006 (unprotected)
2. fingered the same girl
3. touched blood of 2 different people at different times... Read more »

Disclosing HIV status to potential new bf's

Posted by njpozdad, 3 Replies

Just being diagnosed in July of 2010 was wondering if any man out there can give me his opinion about when its best to disclose my HIV status to potential new bf's. Best to start the conversation with it? Wait until you get a feel whether the guy is... Read more »

My potential HIV nightmare?

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

I will try not to make this too long, but I cannot guarantee it. What follows is my potentinal exposure to HIV and the nightmare I am living since:
I just found this site from a friend of mine who told me that this is one of the best sites around... Read more »

Potential HIV symptoms. Please ADVISE!!!

Posted by arthurriga, 2 Replies

Hello im a 29 year old male and very scared. 
About 6 weeks ago I have had protected sex with a sexual worker while being intoxicated.
She performed oral sex on me for about 15 minutes in a condom. Then I took off the condom and went to... Read more »

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