NastyRigPig Posted October 21, 2013 Report Posted October 21, 2013 http://www.google.com/search?q=virulent%20strain%20of%20hiV%20russia Ironically in Russia. Quote
bearbandit Posted October 21, 2013 Report Posted October 21, 2013 The articles this pulls up for me are largely about tuberculosis, which, of course, is a common complication of HIV disease. TB is a disease which thrives in poverty: insufficient heat or food can be enough to make it turn on its host. HIV2 is actually the less virulent form of HIV - in the west we chiefly see HIV1 which is a much faster acting virus. Even with today's medications I've seen guys go from infection to death in less than ten years with HIV1. Quote
Administrators rawTOP Posted October 21, 2013 Administrators Report Posted October 21, 2013 Good news is that it's just as treatable. Quote
wood Posted October 22, 2013 Report Posted October 22, 2013 The articles this pulls up for me are largely about tuberculosis, which, of course, is a common complication of HIV disease. TB is a disease which thrives in poverty: insufficient heat or food can be enough to make it turn on its host.HIV2 is actually the less virulent form of HIV - in the west we chiefly see HIV1 which is a much faster acting virus. Even with today's medications I've seen guys go from infection to death in less than ten years with HIV1. This is sort of what I was thinking. Many of the new cases of infection in Russia are among injection drug users, which are almost certain to already have a compromised immune system before HIV. It wouldn't surprise me if that was one of the major reasons for the subtypes virulence. Quote
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