Two people who have been cured had lethal malignancies that were unresponsive to conventional therapy and had an extreme measure allergenic bone marrow transplant that has a high mortality, doctors said.
A UK-based male patient's HIV has become "undetectable" following a stem cell transplant -- in only the second case of its kind in the world, scientists led by an Indian-origin researcher reported on Tuesday in a study published in the journal Nature.
Similarly, an American man Timothy Brown, who came to be known as the Berlin patient when he underwent a similar treatment for HIV in 2007, which led to similar results. Brown has been HIV-free ever since.
The affected woman, said to be in her 20s, told a Tamil TV channel Friday she underwent the transfusion in April while being pregnant.
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Previous study with female sex workers showed that the HPV vaccine still provided protection to high-risk groups.
According to the report, Andhra Pradesh (2.70 lakh), Karnataka (2.47 lakh) and Telangana (2.04 lakh) were the other states with high prevalence of PLHIV.
Days after Supreme Court decriminalised homosexuality in India, the government today announced the implementation of HIV, AIDS Prevention and Control) Act, 2017, which criminalises discrimination against victims of deadly disease.
According to the researchers, the link between HIV and heart disease is poorly understood.
Preventing the HIV infection is very important, but there is no vaccine available yet.
During two meetings, Donald Trump asked Bill Gates if vaccines weren’t bad because he was considering creating a commission to look into the negative effects of vaccines, if any.
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It is being suspected that numerous truck drivers dislodge themselves in Unnao which is a transit point and might be acting as the HIV carriers.
To protect individual and public health, it is important to ensure women in areas with high rates of HIV infection have access to affordable contraceptive options.
A 2016-17 survey by the Manipur AIDS Control Societysaid the virus is now transmitted through sexual relationship in 78 per cent of HIV/AIDS transmission cases in the state.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there were approximately 36.7 million people living with HIV at the end of 2016.
Among the states, Mizoram has the second highest number of people living with HIV/AIDS. The state has a population of over 10 lakh.
Sharing of equipment used for injecting drug use was found as the substantial cause of disease burden and a contributor to blood-borne virus transmission.
Early detection of HIV is vital to help contain potential outbreaks, but existing tests require complex analysis equipment and long waiting times for result.
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