Under Rare Circumstances Do No People Not Develop Hiv Antibodies

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Negligible risks & extenuating circumstances for oral

Thanks for the tremendous comfort you bring to so many of us. This "frequent" question is more then worth my commitment to making a $100 donation. After performing oral on a woman sex worker of unknown HIV status within the past month,...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,You pose a great many hypothetical questions. I will try to respond to the most pertinent issues and then give you a final piece of advice for the way forward, OK?You write: "Or is this still so rare, despite all the potential and common... Read more »

25 rares cases with hiv but no antibody, and WB negative, and normal inmunoglobulina

http://journals.lww.com/aidsonline/Fulltext/2010/06190/Seronegative_HIV_1_infection__a_review_of_the.2.aspxSince we can explain 25 Rare cases of hiv ..none have antibodies, the majority has a negative viral loadplease read, I need an...

Response from Lisa Hightow-Weidman, M.D., M.P.H.

University of North Carolina

hello there-It is exactly as you wrote, since HIV-1 was first recognized there have been only 25 published case reports of patients with confirmed HIV-1 infection who do not have detectable HIV-1 antibodies. This despite the more than 33.4 million... Read more »

why do some take longer to develop HIV antibodies?

I wonder if there is any information or if there are any studies which inicate why some people take longer to develop detecable levels of antibodies in thier blood than others. i know that the averageis 25 days, but I wonder if there is a reason...

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

The documented cases of late seroconversions (people who have taken longer than six months to test positive on antibody tests) are limited to healthcare workers who had occupational exposures. These types of exposures are different than exposures... Read more »

Which Immunosuppressive Medications inhibit/slow Development of HIV antibodies

Dear Dr. Holodniy:I believe that you have stated in previous answers toquestions that some immunosuppresive medications can inhibit or slow the development of HIV antibodies. Can you please be more specific regarding which immunosuppresive...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

The answer to your question has to be a theoretical one because their are no studies in people which have addressed this. We know that drugs like prednisone, azathiaprine, cyclosporine, among others, will affect the function of T cells and B cells.... Read more »

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Posted by Impossible, 1 Reply

Ok so a little backround I've been somewhat promisicious in 2009 making up for lost time. I only had one partner in 2010 before these two encounters. and none after until I saw my X GF after I got my three month negative and I wanted to believe I... Read more »

Antibodies and HIV???

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Just curious, if a person never produced antibodies but had HIV, would it take them the typical eight to ten years to develop symptoms or would their immune system fail alot sooner?? Just curious because I read a journal article about a man who... Read more »

HIV ANTI-BODY TEST & THE WINDOW PERIOD TIME FRAME

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Could I have HIV Without Antibodies?

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

About three weeks after a couple incident of unprotected oral sex with high risk women I got a 4 month long sore throat, sever fatigue, and lymph node swelling. This was followed by a continuation of and frequent sore throats and sinus infections,... Read more »

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