From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Fri Mar 08 2002 - 20:14:17 MST
On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Richard Steven Hack wrote:
> "People with HIV get AIDS" - 15% do not.
This has been explained by the fact that a fraction of the population
has mutations in one of the receptor genes that HIV requires to infect
cells (CCR if I recall correctly). So one could be "infected" with
the virus and have very different clinical outcomes based on your
genetic background.
> The point is statistical - apparently 15% of HIV infected persons NEVER
> get AIDS. (Or at least "never" being much longer than the statistical five
> year mortality.
This is explained by the genetic diferences cited.
Robert
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