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SARS: The AIDS Victim Killer
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Sinistar said:
It is true the that weakest imune system is most susceptible to die..Survival of the fittest!
People with AIDS are very vulnerable..
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Darktooth said:
And besides AIDS people , all the other victims are "just" colateral damage...Lets be serious and face it..SARS is unbiased!
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DcupSheepNipples
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Sinistar said:
Really? I have been informed of the opposite happening!
More On HIV/AIDS Patients'
SARS Resistance
From Robert Lee
4-30-3
I'm sure you've seen this report:
"Chinese doctors suggest AIDS patients may be resistant to SARS"
Chinese researchers are studying why none of several dozen AIDS patients who shared a hospital ward with people suffering from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS, acquired the disease despite the fact that some health care workers on the ward did contract SARS, Newsday reports. The patients shared a hospital floor in the city of Gaungzhou, where the SARS outbreak seemed to have peaked in February. "I am wondering why there was no SARS virus coinfection in the AIDS cases," said Zhang Fujie, China's director of AIDS treatment and care. "We are exchanging information with Hong Kong on this. We will continue to try to understand that."
Some AIDS experts in the country are speculating that the antiretroviral drugs given to the AIDS patients might have somehow blocked SARS infection. David Ho, of the New York City-based Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Laboratory, and Yuen Kowk-yung, of the University of Hong Kong, are now exploring the use of anti-HIV drugs to treat SARS.
Another theory being examined is that SARS doesn't actually cause death but that a strong immune response to the SARS virus precipitates the destruction of cells in the lungs and other parts of the body that brings on the pneumonia-like complications. Because AIDS patients have impaired immune systems, their immune responses to the SARS virus are less vigorous and less likely to lead to this complication. That theory is backed by limited evidence showing that treatment with steroids, which diminish immune system responses, has some effectiveness in combating SARS."
Thursday, May 01, 2003
Chinese doctors suggest AIDS patients may be resistant to SARS
Chinese researchers are studying why none of several dozen AIDS patients who shared a hospital ward with people suffering from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS, acquired the disease despite the fact that some health care workers on the ward did contract SARS, Newsday reports. The patients shared a hospital floor in the city of Gaungzhou, where the SARS outbreak seemed to have peaked in February. "I am wondering why there was no SARS virus coinfection in the AIDS cases," said Zhang Fujie, China's director of AIDS treatment and care. "We are exchanging information with Hong Kong on this. We will continue to try to understand that."
Some AIDS experts in the country are speculating that the antiretroviral drugs given to the AIDS patients might have somehow blocked SARS infection. David Ho, of the New York City-based Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Laboratory, and Yuen Kowk-yung, of the University of Hong Kong, are now exploring the use of anti-HIV drugs to treat SARS.
Another theory being examined is that SARS doesn't actually cause death but that a strong immune response to the SARS virus precipitates the destruction of cells in the lungs and other parts of the body that brings on the pneumonia-like complications. Because AIDS patients have impaired immune systems, their immune responses to the SARS virus are less vigorous and less likely to lead to this complication. That theory is backed by limited evidence showing that treatment with steroids, which diminish immune system responses, has some effectiveness in combating SARS.
Some AIDS experts had previously worried that people with AIDS would be more likely to die from SARS than those with healthy immune systems. Luc Montagnier, head of the Paris-based World Foundation for AIDS Research and Prevention and a codiscoverer of the AIDS virus, had told reporters in Tokyo on April 21 that the SARS death toll among AIDS patients could be significantly higher than the disease's overall 4-5% death rate. Chinese health officials also had suggested that in some villages with large numbers of HIV-positive people, the SARS death rate could rise as high as 40%.
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?ID=8503&sd=05/01/03
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there have been many more things that have killed many more aids patients proportionally than they kill the rest of the population. even food borne bacteria like listeria moncytogenes is deadly to aids patients, but may not even make you have diarrhea if you have a healthy immune system
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DcupSheepNipples
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Sinistar said:
No the typical "Poor" Victim is in a world of hurt! But those taking the cocktails seem to fight off SARS close to a healthy natural rate! But the "World" still has not seen or nows what SARS is doing to the populations of China!
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