Posts Tagged "HIV virus"

Governmental HIV/AIDS funding is not enough …

Posted by on Jan 23, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments

Until about a year ago, I hadn't given too much thought to HIV/AIDS. Yes, I had discussed the topic in a general sense and I knew the basics, but I definitely wouldn't have counted myself as an "expert". I'm still nowhere near to an expert on the topic, but I have learned a great deal in the past year.

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Did you know … ?

Posted by on Apr 9, 2010 in Blog | 1 comment

Did you know that there are multiple strains of the HIV virus, and that a person can become infected with more than one strain?  Until recently, I did not know that.  I, like many, thought that there was one HIV virus and that once you had HIV, that was that.  Another question … Did you know that the average time between a person contracting HIV and developing AIDS is more than 10 years?  I’d say that is pretty awesome … HIV no longer has to be the immediate death sentence that has been ingrained into our minds. As you may have figured out, next week’s topic is...

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