There's still no cure for the disease. Since the antiretroviral drugs are relatively new, we don't know how long they might be able to suppress the replication of HIV, which has a tendency to mutate into drug-resistant forms. But researcher...
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Whether or not HIV/AIDS will be what causes someone's death, however, is not always clear. People with HIV are still vulnerable to all of the other things that can kill someone, of course--other infections, cancer, accidents--so it is possible to have HIV and die of something else. ... Home > Basics > Is HIV always fatal?
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AIDS is a serious disease that has reached epidemic proportions in our country and around the world. The disease is transmitted by a virus and is almost always fatal.
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EXPERTS are split in their views on one of the most crucial questions of the AIDS epidemic: how many of those who are infected with the AIDS virus will eventually develop the fatal disorder.
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While 79 per cent of Indians surveyed understand that AIDS is always fatal, fully 59 per cent wrongly believe that there is a cure for HIV available today. Older adults in France are twice as likely as young people to think there is a cure for HIV and nearly three in five do not understand that AIDS is fatal.
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New Global Study from M·A·C AIDS Fund Uncovers Surprising Reality That Disease Is Still Underestimated as a Global Killer.; Nine-country Survey Reveals More Than 40 Per Cent Do Not Understand AIDS Is Always Fatal.;
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By Anthony J. Brown, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a nine-country survey released today, more than 40 percent of respondents did not understand that AIDS is always a fatal disease. The survey ... While most respondents believed that AIDS is always a fatal illness, many wrongly believed that a cure for HIV infection...
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While most respondents believed that AIDS is always a fatal illness, many wrongly believed that a cure for HIV infection is available. For instance, 59 per cent of Indians believed that a cure is available. In France, older adults were more likely than younger people to believe that the disease is curable.
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV),2 the virus that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS),3 is always fatal.4 The virus may give no sign of its presence for years,5 and, furthermore, neither a cure6 nor a vaccine exists.7 HIV infection is the seventh leading cause of death in children aged one to four in the...
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Without treatment, most people with HIV will eventually develop AIDS and die. ... Is HIV always fatal? What is hepatitis C coinfection? ...
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