What Is The Virus Responsible For Aids

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Telling Others You Have HIV

Telling Others George Burgess Diagnosed in April 1995 'I think my dad had the best response when I told him I was HIV positive: 'Son, I love you. We'll get through this.' A soldier, true to his heart. You know, a soldier with compassion: 'We'll get through this, son. What do we need to do?'" Click here to read more about George. Click here to read or listen to how other people disclosed their HIV status. Bernadette Berzoza ...

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Response to " What is a quad virus"

I have wounder that myself.How they came to that conculsion? I figured that I got reinfected.Which I don't see how everytime I used protection and always told those who I slept with....

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

HIV exists within an infected person as a family of very similar, but slightly different viruses called quasi-species. We can detect different strains within a person using sophisticated molecular biology testing. To have multiple quasi-species is... Read more »

non response after rapid response.

My partner has HIV/HepC type 1. In addition to HAART, he was started on Pegasys and Ribavirin 1200mg Daily. Imagine how pleased we were when he showed a rapid response and became undetectable in 4 weeks. Now imagine our dissapointment when 6...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

I am also quite surprised that after a rapid viral load response his viral load returned. Since his liver is in "good shape" I would favor simply waiting for additional therapies at this point since retreatment would most likely lead to... Read more »

Med Reaction In Late Stage AIDS/Hemolytic Responses

Hello:Recently, after 19+ years of resisting meds and remaining stable I began Truvada plus Isentress (January 2012; infection 9/1992). I've have never had CD4 counts above 400 throughout those years, and generally they were stuck in the...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Your response is better than the average, fabulous actually. It could be a number of factors including your residual underlying immune system (and having lived for so long successfully with infection) and the virus strain. Yes, IRIS could occur, but... Read more »

Are AIDS and HIV two separate viruses?

Hi, my name is Holly and I'm a student at Cabrillo College in Aptos California. I am doing a research paper on AIDS and I am getting a little confused about what is a proven fact and what is assumed to be true. What is your stand on Peter...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Dear Holly,No responsible medical professional working with, or on a cure for, AIDS agrees with Mr. Duesburg's "interesting" theory anymore. When he first proposed it, most scientists with an open mind considered it, but now, as... Read more »

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Two responses I thought worthy of re-posting

Posted by Anonymous

Fellas fellas fellas,,,,
It's certainly time to move one. These HIV tests are very sensative. If you are infected with the HIV virus (or any virus for that matter) the human body produces anti-bodies. The body reacts. THink of it like this. If you... Read more »

Viruses

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

If Hepatitis is a Virus and can be cured why not HIV ? Read more »

Gallo's New Virus

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

c 2001 by satirist Marcel Girodian

FAMED AIDS SCIENTIST DISCOVERS NEW VIRUS

By Gina Kolada
The New York Times

Washington D.C. (December 17)--Dr. Robert Gallo, discoverer of the AIDS virus, stunned the scientific community today with the discovery of a... Read more »

AIDS Cure Quest to Kill `Sleeping' Viruses

Posted by new2this2010

AIDS Cure Quest to Kill `Sleeping' Viruses Enlists Merck Cancer Medicine

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-02/aids-cure-quest-to-kill-sleeping-viruses-enlists-merck-cancer-medicine.html Read more »

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