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View Post: HIV antibody duds explained :The Scientist [19th November 2009]
20 Nov 2009 by Jef Akst  
Researchers may have finally answered the question of why many antibodies that target the HIV envelope are still unable to stop the virus from spreading -- a troublesome stumbling block in the protracted search for an effective vaccine. ...
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View Post: Acute HIV Infection - New York City, 2008
26 Nov 2009
Among them, 16 (44 percent) reported HIV-positive status subsequently documented in the city's Surveillance Registry. Of the 20 who did not know their status, 16 agreed to testing, and one was HIV antibody-positive. ...
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View Post: MANHUNT Daily: Have You Ever: Been Tested For HIV?
4 Dec 2009 by DEWITT  
in my city, for the facility that i had been using, i honestly don't recall its administering any other HIV-antibody Tests past 5 p.m., until maybe a year or so ago. (there are other facilities, Here, that can test for HIV, ...
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View Post: Paediatric HIV testing
25 Nov 2009 by hivthisweek  
Dried blood spots were tested for HIV antibodies and, if present, were tested for HIV DNA by PCR. Exit interviews were requested of all mothers irrespective of whether they had agreed to infant testing or not. ...
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View Post: Constantine and Weiss pinpoint misrepresentations
26 Nov 2009 by Eduard Grebe  
The sections on HIV antibody tests in “House of Numbers” contain fragments of interviews with a number of different people, put together in a way that confuses viewers rather than clarifying what HIV testing protocols are and how they ...
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View Post: Acute HIV Infection --- New York City, 2008
25 Nov 2009
B) Serial (all within 1 month) HIV antibody tests consistent with a recent HIV infection (e.g., an indeterminate WB followed by a positive WB, a negative WB followed by a positive WB, or a negative screening test, such as enzyme ...
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View Post: How HIV gives antibodies the slip
19 Nov 2009
HIV is well known for its ability to give antibodies the slip - only a handful show any useful degree of activity against the virus. Among those is counted the rare b12 antibody, which offers some degree of protection in people whose ...
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View Post: Light on HIV / AIDS myth
Human Genome Sciences
29 Nov 2009 by Eva   ...
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View Post: Getting tested could be the wake-up call that saves your life
1 Dec 2009 by Willis Edwards  
Antibodies mean that your body is fighting for you. Since the test detects these antibodies, which are produced by the immune system to defend itself against HIV, the test is called the HIV antibody test, instead of the AIDS test. ...
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