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Talk:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (view source)
Revision as of 18:54, January 7, 2009
, 18:54, January 7, 2009Diagnosis
The problem is the HIV virus has never actually been identified or isolated.--[[User:AlexC|AlexC]] 12:16, 7 January 2009 (EST)
The problem is the HIV virus has never actually been identified or isolated.--[[User:AlexC|AlexC]] 12:16, 7 January 2009 (EST)
:This is false AlexC, HIV has been identified and isolated for almost 2 decades. I believe you are inferring that detection of infection is based on antibody detection and that the actual virus has not been isolated. This is false however; isolating the virus is not hard but is not used for detection of infection. There are many protocols for HIV isolation using different media and the structure of HIV was determined using electron microscopy, which can only be done with an identified and isolated specimen.--[[User:Able806|Able806]] 13:49, 7 January 2009 (EST)
:This is false AlexC, HIV has been identified and isolated for almost 2 decades. I believe you are inferring that detection of infection is based on antibody detection and that the actual virus has not been isolated. This is false however; isolating the virus is not hard but is not used for detection of infection. There are many protocols for HIV isolation using different media and the structure of HIV was determined using electron microscopy, which can only be done with an identified and isolated specimen.--[[User:Able806|Able806]] 13:49, 7 January 2009 (EST)
::If diagnosis of AIDS is dependent on detecting HIV antibodies, then what does this mean? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 13:54, 7 January 2009 (EST)