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HIV Testing in Criminal Cases For Causation

Hello. I am a Public Defender in a State which has recently passed a law making it a criminal offense to expose another to the HIV virus without conveying that information to the other person. The law carries up to 30 years in prison for the...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

There is no FDA approved test to "type" viruses. However, there are DNA fingerprinting techniques that can be used to show sequence homology (relatedness) between viral strains. This is usually done by analyzing the HIV envelop or... Read more »

Anal warts causation & post-surgery effects

Last week, I underwent surgery to remove "quite a few" internal & external anal warts which I really never understood came about (3 doctors had 3 different conclusions, but all agreed that years of active barebacking with multiple...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Unfortunately I can't give you specific advice, as I have no way of knowing exactly how extensive your warts were or how extensive the surgery was that you had to ablate them. It is true that the post-surgical period can be, shall we say,... Read more »

Is this agent effective against hiv-2?

Potent HIV protease inhibitors containing a novel (hydroxyethyl)amide isostere.Beaulieu PL, Wernic D, Abraham A, Anderson PC, Bogri T, Bousquet Y, Croteau G, Guse I, Lamarre D, Liard F, Paris W, Thibeault D, Pav S, Tong L.Bio-Mega Research Division,...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Many of the current HIV-1 protease inhibitors have activity against HIV-2. I would suspect that this compound, does as well-- but it is a very long way from an X-ray structure to having a safe, effective and well tolerated drug. BY... Read more »

WHERE DID THE AGENT CAUSING AIDS COME FROM

I would like to have more information on the possible origins of AIDS andthe HIV viruses. I believe that if we can't trace the origins ofthe disease, it is possible for anyone to become infected and that theviruscan never be unexistant. WHERE...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Hi.Thank you for your question.The Origin of the AIDS Virus:From time to time, new diseases are discovered that infect people. Just inthe past 20 or so years, we have seen new diseases arise, like Hantavirus,Ebola Virus, Legionnaires Disease,... Read more »

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Researchers identify promising agents for HIV cure

Posted by optimistic2009

Researchers from the University of North Carolina and Merck are identifying promising new leads in the search for agents that may be able to purge HIV from resting CD4 cells, a key requirement for any prospect of a cure for HIV infection.

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HIV-Negative AIDS?!

Posted by Anonymous

"Idiopathic CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia, or ICL, is an immunodeficiency syndrome in which human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, cannot be detected. Because HIV is the causative agent of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), ICL can be referred to... Read more »

hiv negative aids symptoms

Posted by My3Cents, 1 Reply

Idiopathic CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia, or ICL, is an immunodeficiency syndrome in which human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, cannot be detected. Because HIV is the causative agent of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), ICL can be referred to as... Read more »

HIV-Negative AIDS?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

i keep seeing comments about idiopathic CD4+ T lymphocytopenia, does anyone know what it is? it seems odd that people would have low t-cells without detection of HIV. Read more »

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