Recent Developments In Hiv Vaccines

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Recent Releases: IAVI Report on Global Impact of AIDS Vaccine, Brief on Advanced Market Commitment for Vaccine Development

The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative recently released a report and brief discussing different aspects of HIV/AIDS vaccine development. Summaries of two of the resources are below. "Estimating the Global Impact of an AIDS Vaccine ": The... Read more »

Recent Releases: AVAC AIDS Vaccine Handbook; U.N. Millennium Project Report on Fighting AIDS in Developing World

"AIDS Vaccine Handbook: Global Perspectives ," AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition : The handbook, which was released in conjunction with the eighth annual HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, aims to provide an overview of the key scientific, political, social,... Read more »

Scientists, Policymakers Meet to Present Recent AIDS Vaccine Developments

In this post in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Impatient Optimists " blog, Jose Esparza, deputy director of vaccines and HIV at the Gates Foundation, reports on AIDS Vaccine 2011, a conference being held this week in Bangkok, Thailand,... Read more »

Ask the Experts

Recent illnesses, vaccinations, viral load/resistance

Dr. Holodniy,I contracted HIV 8 months ago, and started d4t, 3tc, and efavirenz 6 months ago. At the time my viral load was 120,000 and CD4 550. The VL decreased by one log after a month of treatment, but was not <50 until two months ago. My...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Dear SF, I think your viral load suppression curve actually looked pretty good and well within the time frame we expect folks to get to < 50. Most of the data on viral load increases has been in people on no therapy, or suboptimal therapy. In... Read more »

is it possable to develop HIV in anal sex? HIV TRANSMISSION BETWEEN TWO HIV NEGATIVES, 2009)

hello, me and my girlfriend recently had unprotected anal sex, she has done it before so we did it the "right" way going slow and pleanty of k-y and there was no trama but this was her 1st time unprotected. we are both absolutly clean of...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,And here we go again! You're wondering if two people who are HIV/STD negative can give each other an STD or HIV just because they have unprotected anal sex. That is a QTND with an ATNC. (See below.) Dr. BobHow to contract HIV (HIV... Read more »

Recent prevention failure and efforts to cure the disease part 3 (HIV IS 100% PREVENTABLE TODAY, 2010)

Thanks again. I understand your difficulties in managing a prevention forum since your objective is to put more fear on the disease to lower further infections but the general and widespread opinion of doctors and researchers is that HIV is a...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Dude, you're spending way too much time on this site and arguing with the wrong guy. Generally you and I agree on most things. It's just that I have the perspective of being HIV infected since January 1991 plus the experience of being... Read more »

Recent prevention failure and efforts to cure the disease part 2 (HIV IS 100% PREVENTABLE TODAY, 2009)

Thanks for your quick response. I have to disagree too on one point. You said that HIV is 100% preventable which is correct but it ignores the nature of human beings. Let me explain. Many actually know the ways of transmission but this leads not...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Sorry, I have to disagree with your disagreement!The statement that HIV is 100% preventable is completely true and has nothing to do with human nature! It's just a scientific fact that we could prevent all (or essentially all) HIV... Read more »

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RECENT STUDY ORAL SEX & HIV INFECTION

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

"UTMB Study Explains Why Oral Sex Unsafe in Age of HIV"
Houston Chronicle Online (02/03/00); Hopper, Leigh
New research from the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston shows the reason why oral sex is unsafe as a way to avoid HIV.... Read more »

recent news on late seroconversion: read last line

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

http://www.thebody.com/confs/retro2006/wilkin1.html

Morpeth et al also described a single unusual case in which an individual did not develop an antibody response for one year after first having a viral load of more than 10 million copies/mL. This... Read more »

diarrhea - sign of recent infection?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I have had a few encounters with other men over the past few months. Giving and getting fellatio without taking cum(although maybe precum) and kissing and having analingus performed on me. That is it, nothing else. Anyway, I have developed really... Read more »

Just got recent lab results

Posted by thevillebear, 5 Replies

Hi everyone haven't been here for a while, hope all are doing well.
Just got my recent lab results, my viral load has gone to 150,000 while my CD4 count has stood gone from 620 in July to 640 now!

My Dr. seems to think it odd that while my viral load... Read more »

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