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	AIDSmeds.com
		I was probably infected by the HIV virus a few years before that, and was already having symptoms of a weakened immune system.
		Fortunately, AZT was approved in 1987, and from then on, a steady flow of HIV and AIDS treatments have been researched and approved.
		But talk about confusing – the HIV virus is one of the most complicated to treat, and many people don't even bother trying to learn about their options.
	www.aidsmeds.com (580 words)

	The Evidence That HIV Causes AIDS, NIAID Fact Sheet
		AIDS is the fifth leading cause of death among all adults aged 25 to 44 in the United States.
		tuberculosis is not the cause of tuberculosis or that hepatitis B virus is not a cause of liver disease (Evans.
		In 1998, AIDS was the fifth leading cause of death among women aged 25 to 44 in the United States, and the third leading cause of death among African-American women in that age group.
	www.niaid.nih.gov /factsheets/evidhiv.htm (6495 words)

	AIDS
		AIDS is the advanced form of infection with the HIV virus, which may not cause recognizable disease for a long period after the initial exposure (latency).
		AIDS dementia complex is marked by loss of reasoning ability, loss of memory, inability to concentrate, apathy and loss of initiative, and unsteadiness or weakness in walking.
		The measurable presence of virus in the bloodstream that is a characteristic of acute retroviral syndrome.
	www.healthatoz.com /healthatoz/Atoz/ency/aids.jsp (4217 words)

	SF AIDS Fdn: What Is AIDS, HIV, and HIV Disease?
		V - Virus - because this organism is a virus, which means one of its characteristics is that it is incapable of reproducing by itself.
		That is, people diagnosed with AIDS may have opportunistic infections, which are caused by microbes such as viruses or bacteria that usually do not make healthy people sick.
		The immune system of a person with AIDS is threatened to the point that medical intervention may be necessary to prevent or treat serious illness.
	www.sfaf.org /aids101 (550 words)

	AIDS AND YOU
		The name AIDS is shorthand for Acquired (transmitted from another infected person) Immune Deficiency (a breakdown in the body's ability to defend itself against disease) Syndrome (a spectrum of clinical signs and symptoms).
		Current estimates of the number of individuals in their 20's and 30's who are infected with the virus in the united States approach 1% of the population, suggesting both a staggering load of future suffering that will be difficult to avoid, and a great danger that the infection will spread further.
		AIDS is commonly and incorrectly perceived as a disease of homosexual men because the disease first appeared in this country among the gay community.
	www.uic.edu /orgs/convening/aids.htm (1802 words)

	AIDS tests (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Some AIDS tests are used to diagnose patients or confirm a diagnosis; others are used to measure the progression of the disease or the effectiveness of specific treatment regimens.
		The virus binds to a protein called CD4, which is found on the surface of certain subtypes of white blood cells, including helper T cells, macrophages, and monocytes.
		It is possible to diagnose HIV infection by isolating the virus itself from a blood sample or by demonstrating the presence of HIV antigen in the blood.
	www.lifesteps.com /gm/Atoz/ency/aids_tests.jsp (3964 words)

	Urban Legends Reference Pages: Medical (The Origin of AIDS) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		American scientists created AIDS in a laboratory as a weapon to be used on enemies of the United States, and they began testing it on unsuspecting populations in Africa and Haiti, where they lost control of the experiment.
		That the first victims of AIDS were members of groups some deemed contemptible (homosexuals and drug users) supported belief that the disease had been deliberately manufactured for the purpose of ridding society of particular classes of undesirables.
		Part of the prevalence of the AIDS origin rumor that pins responsibility for the virus on the CIA (or another group within the American government) may be due to deliberate Soviet misinformation designed to discredit the USA.
	www.snopes.com /medical/disease/aids.asp (1148 words)

	AIDS - DATA, Debt AIDS Trade Africa (Site not responding. Last check: )
		More than 17 million Africans have died from AIDS and another 25 million are infected with the HIV virus, approximately 1.9 million of whom are children.
		AIDS drugs also have the potential to make a huge difference to the impact of the pandemic.
		Available treatment has a critical part to play in removing stigma, as it means AIDS no longer has to be seen as death sentence: In Uganda, public education and prevention campaigns that were supported by the President cut infection rates from 14% of adults in the early 1990's to 5% in 2001.
	www.data.org /whyafrica/issueaids.php (1108 words)

	AIDS II (computer virus) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Unlike other generic file infectors, AIDS II was the first known virus to employ what could be called a "corresponding file technique" of infection so that the original target EXE file is never changed.
		AIDS II then spawns to the EXE file that was attempting to be executed in the first place, and the program runs without problem.
		The AIDS II virus is not to be confused with the AIDS trojan or the AIDS virus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/AIDS_II_virus (384 words)

	The Origin of HIV and the First Cases of AIDS
		At this time, AIDS did not yet have a name, but it quickly became obvious that all the men were suffering from a common syndrome.
		Some even believe that the virus was spread (either deliberately or inadvertently) to thousands of people all over the world through the smallpox inoculation programme, or to gay men through Hepatitis B vaccine trials.
		Her team of researchers also discovered that the virus had originated in Guinea-Bissau and that its spread was most likely precipitated by the independence war that took place in the country between 1963 and 1974 (Guinea-Bissau is a former Portuguese colony).
	www.avert.org /origins.htm (3707 words)

	Howstuffworks "How AIDS Works"
		AIDS (Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome) is one of the worst pandemics the world has ever known.
		HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), the virus that causes AIDS, was first discovered in 1981 in a remote area of central Africa.
		AIDS has killed more than 28 million people that we know of, with up to 3.6 million people dying in 2005 alone [ref].
	www.howstuffworks.com /aids.htm (1009 words)

	Tumor-Suppressor Genes and the AIDS Virus
		For their research, they used a crippled AIDS virus that is unable to cause the deadly disease because it lacks genetic material that is normally "read" to produce the components of the AIDS virus.
		The parts of the AIDS virus involved in stimulating transcription are many times more powerful than those found in a human cell.
		Because the transcriptional mechanisms of the AIDS virus are so potent, the ORNL scientists began using the AIDS virus' transcription system to study the effects of chemical carcinogens on transcriptional control, especially when the AIDS virus is combined with the p53 gene product.
	www.ornl.gov /info/ornlreview/rev26-2/text/tumside1.html (781 words)

	HIV and AIDS in Africa, statistics, origin and the three tests
		Scientist who object to the use of PCR testing for HIV (or for any virus) argue that the presence of a fragment of HIV does not mean you are ill or even infected.
		HIV is a virus which is ignited when a person's immune system is compromised i.e.
		HI virus is a harmless passenger virus to which we are exposed and does not cause death.
	www.rebirth.co.za /AIDS_in_Africa_1.htm (830 words)

	Battling Aids: Battling Aids
		Many AIDS organizations have shown interest in the drug saying this is a good sign of giving cure to the victims and will aid in reducing the progression of HIV into AIDS.
		A quarter- century wisdom that the progression of HIV to AIDS is driven chiefly by the “viral load”, that is the amount of HIV in the blood has been challenged by a new finding, published last Sunday in the journal Nature Immunology.
		The new drug, known as “Isentress” acts upon the HIV virus in a different manner which makes it an ideal drug of choice for patients who have developed resistance to current drugs in use or are affected by a drug-resistant strain of the virus.
	www.battlingaids.com (2071 words)

	Does HIV cause AIDS?
		Mullis, Charles Thomas Jr., and Phillip Johnson ask "What Causes AIDS?", but their answer is, basically, "something other than HIV".) A pathologist and toxicologist, Dr. Mohammed Al-Bayati argues that AIDS is caused by various toxins.
		AIDS Authority did return briefly in late 1997; among the articles published was "Dismantling Dreams", part 1, and part 2.
		KS is an AIDS disease seen almost exclusively in gay men; the Perth group sees it as being caused by nitrites and semen exposure.
	pages.prodigy.net /johnhunter2/hivaids.htm (2215 words)

	NOVA Online \| Surviving AIDS \| Resources
		The illness is called AIDS, which stands for "acquired immune deficiency syndrome." It is caused by a virus, which is a microscopic organism that can only reproduce itself by entering human cells and using these to make the building blocks for new viruses.
		Clearly the virus has caused little damage in these persons thus far, but whether these persons will be affected by the virus in the future remains uncertain.
		A strong advocate and pioneer in research for AIDS in children, the Pediatric AIDS Foundation is one of the most well-known organizations for the research of HIV/AIDS.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/aids/resources.html (1893 words)

	Attacking AIDS with a 'Cocktail' Therapy
		The Wisconsin woman hadn't actually died, but with her body ravaged in the late stages of AIDS infection, she had run out of options, and death was, indeed, near.
		Though HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, may not be detectable in the blood following successful HAART treatment, experts generally feel that the virus is still present, lurking in hiding spots such as the lymph nodes, the brain, testes, and the retina.
		AIDS drugs also may prompt onset of diabetes or a worsening of existing diabetes and hyperglycemia (high blood sugar), along with increased bleeding in people with hemophilia types A or B. Some patients on triple therapy have experienced a type of weight redistribution where face and limbs become thin while breasts, stomach or neck enlarges.
	www.fda.gov /fdac/features/1999/499_aids.html (2942 words)

	AIDS (trojan horse) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Not to be confused with the AIDS II virus or the AIDS virus.
		AIDS, also known as Aids Info Disk or PC Cyborg Trojan, is a trojan horse that replaces the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, which would then be used by AIDS to count the number times the computer has booted.
		Once this boot count reaches 90, AIDS hides directories and encrypts the names of all files on drive C: (rendering the system unusable), at which time the user is asked to 'renew the license' and contact PC Cyborg Corporation for payment (which would involve sending 378 US$ to a PO box in Panama).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/AIDS_(trojan_horse) (750 words)

	SABIO - HIV-AIDS Lab
		In children younger than 13 years, the definition of AIDS is similar to that in adolescents and adults, except that lymphoid interstitial pneumonitis and recurrent bacterial infections are included in the list of AIDS-defining conditions.
		AIDS is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, also known as HIV or AIDS virus.
		The outer shell of the virus is known as the viral envelope.
	www-rohan.sdsu.edu /~sepa/HIVAidsLab.htm (1885 words)

	AIDS and HIV Virus D-1.1 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		AIDS is a fatal disease that has become a nationwide public health problem in the last few years.
		Persons who know, or have a reasonable basis for believing, that they are infected with the AIDS virus are expected to seek expert advice about their health circumstances and are obligated, ethically and legally, to conduct themselves responsibly in accordance with such knowledge for the protection of other members of the University community.
		However, an employee who may have been exposed to the HIV virus while performing job duties at the University may not be required to be tested for the HIV virus.
	www2.sfasu.edu /UPP/pap/GENERAL_REGULATIONS/aids_and_hiv_virus.html (1912 words)

	CNN - AIDS virus came from chimps, doctors conclude - January 31, 1999
		Whatever its origins, HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS, is a recent affliction for humans.
		The chimp version of the AIDS virus, thought to be the grandfather of HIV, is called SIVcpz.
		They found that three were nearly identical genetically to the human AIDS virus.
	www.cnn.com /HEALTH/9901/31/aids.origin/index.html (795 words)

	Virus Structure
		The virus is thought to contain 2 identical copes of a positive sense (i.e.
		A closer examination of these virus structures shows that the coat proteins are not arranged cylindrically but helically.
		It was shown that TMV virus spontaneously formed when mixtures of purified coat protein and its genomic RNA were incubated together.
	www.tulane.edu /~dmsander/WWW/335/335Structure.html (1729 words)

	HIV / AIDS Theme Page
		With the use of multimedia, the site illustrates the AIDS virus lifecycle, how it is spread, and how it destroys the immune system.
		Questions/answers on AIDS may be found in our "All Subjects" section at the top of the page, the "Health/Nutrition/Medicine" section, as well as the general "Reference" section.
		Since AIDS was discovered in 1983, researchers have identified two distinct types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2.
	www.cln.org /themes/aids.html (1060 words)

	Amazon.com: Inventing the AIDS Virus: Books: Peter H. Duesberg (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Duesberg, himself a virologist, stoutly maintains that HIV cannot cause AIDS because it fails to meet the rules by which a virus is implicated as disease-causing.
		"AIDS itself has not yet affected larger numbers of women nor has it entered the heterosexual population outside of drug addicts: nine out of ten AIDS patients is still male, and more than 95 percent still fall into the same risk categories: homosexual (men), heroin addicts, or, in a few cases, hemophiliacs.
		David Ho, director of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center of New York, recently gave the key to long-term survival with HIV: "None had received antiretroviral therapy." The chilling news is that instead of preventing AIDS, the drugs help to bring it on.
	www.amazon.com /Inventing-AIDS-Virus-Peter-Duesberg/dp/0895263998 (3598 words)

	HIV & AIDS - VirusMyth AIDS HomePage
		Is HIV - the AIDS virus - harmless?
		A growing group of bio-medical scientists claim the cause of AIDS is still unknown.
		These HIV skeptics say that the AIDS virus has never really been isolated, and the AIDS tests are worthless...
	www.virusmyth.net /aids (248 words)

	YouTube - Aids HIV Bayer
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		Yemenite Sheik Claims to Have Found the Cure for AIDS
		A.I.D.S. Virus Made in a Lab in Fredrick, MD From: NeoConned
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=XS3mhjt7TrY (483 words)

	Wired News: Study: AIDS Virus Hides in Gut
		The virus replicates in the lining of the gut and does much of its damage to the immune system there, Satya Dandekar, chairwoman of the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of California Davis Health System, and colleagues reported.
		"The real battle between the virus and exposed individuals is happening in the gut immediately after viral infection," she said in a statement.
		At first, doctors had hoped that years of treatment might eventually eradicate the virus, but, 25 years into the epidemic of AIDS, it is clear that cannot happen.
	www.wired.com /news/wireservice/0,71492-0.html?tw=rss.index (595 words)

	HIV and AIDS information on how HIV is transmitted at MedicineNet.com
		In 1981, homosexual men with symptoms of a disease that now are considered typical of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) were first described in Los Angeles and New York.
		In 1983, researchers in the United States and France described the virus that causes AIDS, now known as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and belonging to the group of viruses called retroviruses.
		In 1985, a blood test became available that measures antibodies to HIV that are the body's immune response to the HIV.
	www.medicinenet.com /human_immunodeficiency_virus_hiv_aids/article.htm (543 words)

	Scientists get closer look at AIDS virus
		The proteins are the only two molecules on the surface of the virus and are obvious targets for an effective vaccine, which is considered the Holy Grail in the battle against HIV/AIDS—an illness that has killed 25 million people since the first cases were reported in 1981.
		Dozens of AIDS vaccines using different approaches are being developed and tested.
		Scientist have not been able to scrutinize the intact spikes on the virus in such detail until now because the technology was perfected only in recent years.
	www.health.am /aids/more/get-closer-look-at-aids-virus (597 words)

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