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What Are The Different Types Of Hiv
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Are there different types of HIV?A guy that I have dated on and off contracted HIV many years ago through a blood transfusion. He says it is contained and he says that it is not the "viral kind". Is there more than one kind of HIV/AIDs and are the risk factors for...
Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W
Columbia University's Health & Related Services
There is no such thing as a "non-viral kind" of HIV. HIV is a virus (human immunodeficiency virus). If this guy was infected with HIV and you had sex without condoms (vaginal, anal, oral), then you are at risk for infection with HIV. If...
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Confusing: so many different types of primers in EIA testsDr. Holodniy,What are the most sensitive and broadly reactive (for all HIV-1 subtypes) primers for... Read more »love and different virus types?I am becoming involved with another hiv+ man. He has been hiv+ for 15 years and I have been for 5... Read more »
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Sexual Risk Taking Among Transgender Male-to-Female Youths With Different Partner TypesAssociations between partner types (main, casual or commercial) and sexual risk behaviors of sexually active male-to-female (transgender female) young people were examined in the current study. In Los Angeles and Chicago, the researchers... Read more »
HIV and Hepatitis C: Similarities and DifferencesCharacteristic HIV HCV Type of virus and howtransmitted Bloodborne. Also present in semen, vaginalfluid and breast milk Bloodborne. Also may be present insemen and vaginal fluid Whether sexualtransmission occurs ... Read more »
Types of Resistance TestsGenotypic Tests Interpreting Genotypic Test Results Phenotypic Tests Interpreting Phenotypic Test Results Virtual Phenotypic Tests Interpreting Virtual Phenotypic Test Results There are currently two basic types of resistance tests:... Read more »
Studies Find Few Differences in Health Outcomes for HIV-Positive Patients Cared for by Nurses Versus DoctorsHIV-positive patients who receive care from trained nurses fare just as well as those who are treated by physicians, according to two studies released at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, Reuters reports. Delegates at the... Read more »
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vircoTYPE HIV-1
Posted by MRoss, 1 Reply
Hi folks.. hey wondering if you may give me some guidance with Geno / Pheno Tying. Had this test done, with vl < 100, one hundred copies ml. Wondering if anyone has had this specific test done? Any one familuar with the accuracy of test, and...
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Types of test?
Posted by T_BOOGIE, 3 Replies
Does the type of test you take really make a difference, like besides the rapid test. I dont know what kind of test i took but the last one i took was negative. Does the type of test make that big of a difference?
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Testing types
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
I was tested at a local health department. She pricked my finger and placed several blots of my blood on a sheet of paper. Will this "dry" sample be adequate?Read more » HIV-TYPE 2
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
HIV-TYPE 2: I would like to hear from anyone who has tested positive for HIV-2. Currently the U.S. only tests for HIV-1. But now I have a friend with the type 2 strain (a weaker strain most common in W. Africa), and we are having a difficult time... Read more »
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