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Virus Causing AIDS And Some Leukemias
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HIV and acute leukemia; what are the effects of chemotherapy on the virus?In your Nov 11, 2002 post, you stated: "And lastly, chemotherapy can indeed kill the HIV virus."Could you elaborate on this? I have HIV and AML (acute myelogenous leukemia). I've completed inductive and consolidation chemo.Thanks!...
Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.
Harvard Medical School
Having acute leukemia (AML) AND HIV infection is not easy. Congratulations on getting through induction and consolidation chemotherapy. The subject of HIV and AML is very special to me as I just published a review on the subject in the journal...
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Adult T-Cell LeukemiaWhat are the symptoms of this disease and how can you be tested? Everywhere on line gives me this... Read more »Did HIV Cause my Leukemia?One year ago I was diagnosed with Leukemia (AML). Days later I was diagnosed as HIV+. My... Read more »
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Testing Yourself for HIV-1, the Virus that Causes AIDSAIDS is a serious disease that can be fatal. You can determine if you are infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1), the virus that causes AIDS, by taking a test for the presence of antibodies to the virus. The tests that are... Read more »
New Disease Causes AIDS-Like Symptoms but Not Spread Through Virus"Researchers have identified a mysterious new disease that has left scores of people in Asia and some in the United States with AIDS-like symptoms even though they are not infected with HIV," the Associated Press reports. "This is another kind of... Read more »
HIV Drug Could Prevent "Cervical Cancer by Killing Off Virus That Causes Disease"The HIV drug lopinavir is selectively toxic to human papillomavirus-positive cervical cells, a new study suggests. About 3,000 UK women are diagnosed with cervical cancer annually, mostly due to HPV infection by high-risk strains, which have also... Read more »
Fixing the Body: An Immune-Based Approach to HIV1. It's the Virus, Stupid By now most people know HIV causes AIDS. But this is actually inaccurate. To understand why this is inaccurate helps explain why there are two different ways scientists are trying to figure out how to treat AIDS. 2.... Read more »
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the other death viruses
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Anyone have any info on the other death viruses? I happen to know from experience that there is a strain of retrovirus that causes lymphoma/leukemia and leads to a pretty horrible death, and it's going around NYC and Boston and there is neither a...
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VIRUS
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Do people with HIV always feel run down, is HIV like other viruses that cause one to feel unhealthy? I would think that while one has a virus and no antibodies that they would feel really sick. does anyone know if this could extend after the ARS. ...
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Does HIV cause AIDS?
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
Despite overwhelming evidence that the human immunodeficency virus (HIV) causes the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), the notion that HIV is harmless (or does not exist!) continues to find a wide audience in the popular press, with...
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Viruses
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
If Hepatitis is a Virus and can be cured why not HIV ?
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