HIV testing

[Martin]

HIV boffins can measure how much of the virus is sloshing around a
patient's system; it's called the HIV viral load test.

Have you ever wondered why diagnosis of HIV infection is based on
immune system response instead of detection of the actual virus?

The answer is simple. Even people who don't have HIV have HIV.

Eh?

Let me put that another way. Even people who test HIV antibody
negative can have a detectable HIV viral load.

<http://www.annals.org/content/130/1/37.abstract>:

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Patients: Three persons in whom HIV infection was falsely diagnosed by
plasma viral load testing.

Measurements: Laboratory measures and clinical outcomes.

Results: Two cases of false-positive results obtained by using
branched-chain DNA plasma viral load assays and one case of a
false-positive result obtained by using reverse
transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction plasma viral load assay are
reported. All three plasma viral load tests yielded positive results
with low values (1254 copies/mL, 1574 copies/mL, and 1300 copies/mL).
Infection with HIV was initially diagnosed in all three patients, but
each patient subsequently tested negative by HIV-1 enzyme-linked
immunosorbent assay and repeated plasma viral load testing.

Conclusion: Physicians should exercise caution when using plasma viral
load assays to detect primary HIV infection, particularly when the
pretest probability of infection is low.

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14 years and 10 months.

[David Z]

[ramblings of a delusional criminal deleted]

WARNING TO READERS: Martin is an HIV positive man who has admitted that he
engages in unprotected sex with men after lying to them by telling them he
is not HIV positive. He has absolutely no remorse for his lethal behavior.
He justifies his selfish and criminal actions by arguing that HIV is a
fiction. Since his actions are extremely reprehensible, I have chosen not
to respond to his drivel and suggest that you do the same.

[Jack]

obsessive, get a life

[David Z]

"Jack" <furgfu...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:d466b135-9fcb-4a78...@g23g2000yqh.googlegroups.com...

obsessive, get a life

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Stupid, get a brain.

[thezak]

Does HIV status knowledge then also, concurrently, inform one about
their syphilis status?...