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- From: Steve McNutt <Z1SSM%TTUVM1.BITNET@VM.USC.EDU>
- Subject: (6475) AIDS -- Risk from Secondary Infections
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.224542.14268@cs.ucla.edu>
- Note: Copyright 1992, Dan R. Greening. Non-commercial reproduction allowed.
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 16:29:50 CST
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- First of all, YES it is actually true that the risk of AIDS transmission
- is "quite low" provided no body fluids are exchanged.
- Second, opportunistic infections are just that, opportunistic infections.
- Most illnesses that afflict AIDS victims are only a problem due to their
- suppressed immune systems. Their secondary infections (other than TB) are
- generally not a threat to others around them. Even if the causative agent of
- their illness were to be passed to another individual, that person's normal
- immune system should have no problem dealing with it. As a matter of fact,
- many of the bacteria and viruses that give AIDS patients so many problems are
- present in the uninfected population in quite high numbers, with no ill
- effects.
- However, if the "coinhabitors" mentiooned above are also
- HIV+/AIDS-afflicted individuals then ther IS a risk of secondary opportunistic
- infections being transmitted. In this case it depends on the immune status of
- the coinhabitors.
-
- Steve McNutt
-
- PS-Ignore the "Researching . . . " at the end of this note. It is there for
- the benefit of users of another list.
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- Researching:McNutt,Blahnik,Fisk,Maxwell,Griffin,Tuttle,Linton,
- Brown,Hartel,Chase,Stanly(Standley,etc)
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