From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Fri Mar 08 2002 - 11:37:38 MST
>From: Richard Steven Hack <richardhack@pcmagic.net>
>"People with HIV get AIDS" - 15% do not.
>"People with AIDS have HIV" - there is apparently some question
>whether AIDS is an actual disease or a syndrome of other diseases,
>many of which can occur due to other causes. The one specifically
>pursued by other researchers is HHV 6, which can cause all of the
>diseases in AIDS and for which, allegedly, hundreds of studies
>have been done world-wide, all of which is ignored by the HIV
>researchers.
An important thing to remember is that HIV is not a virus, but a
huge family of viruses. These are grouped together by genetic
similarity in groups called "clades". These clades have very
different effects.
If I remember correctly, North America is primarily infected with
"D" clade virus, which tends to be passed more readily amongst the
male homosexual population, whereas Africa is primarily infected
with "B" clade, which tends to spread amongst heterosexuals.
And yes, some clades appear to be nonlethal, at least for now,
maybe they just have very long cycles...
Remember that HIV is a retrovirus, mutating quickly, and it would
be in the virus's best interest to mutate to a nonlethal form. That
and some people might actually be immune.
Brian
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