HIV/AIDS in India. what type of HIV found in U.S., Europe and Africa ?

In india it is HIV-1 or HIV-1 and 2 together in most of the cases.

very rare HIV-2 comes in notice.

i am asking asking this because i have read people in westren countries live longer than devloping nations.

inspite of diet, ARV and other factors remain same.

The most common type is HIV-1 which is an adaptation of SIVcpz.

they take precautions
HIV is rare in U.S.

The subtype of HIV-1 most common in India is subtype C. In the USA and Europe, most infections are with HIV-1 subtype B. HIV-2 is found all over the world but very rarely, just one or two cases per country other than in western central Africa where there are a few thousand cases.

Tags

　　HIV Information 　　HIV Drug 　　HIV Rash 　　HIV Window Period 　　Anti HIV 　　Living with HIV 　　HIV Vaccine 　　HIV Prevention 　　HIV Positive 　　HIV Virus 　　HIV Transmission 　　HIV Treatment

Related information

Blood and HIV....?

Hi Lou/Bob/Stan! Was wondering when you were gonna post another silly scenario and repeat posting. I have already answered this question about 20-ish times and you already know that the answer is n...

Is herpes a bab thing to live with it dosen't kill you like hiv?

Hello I'm a nurse. Unfortunately there is no cure for herpes. However you won't die from it. Every three months an outbreak will appear. During this time you are able to pass it on to oth...

Why do most people who live in the Sub-Saharan Africa have Aids/HIV?

" Most " people in Sub-Saharan Africa do NOT have Aids/ HIV, a higher proportion than the rest of the world yes, but MOST, no. Obviously it's due to promiscuity and unprotected sex....

How does HIV/AIDS affect the economic development of poor countries like Malawi?

For a start if they've got a high AIDS rate and little access to retroviral drugs they're hardly going to live for a long time or be productive in a working/farming capacity. As the li...

Hiv possitive person takes drugs regularly , is it he live long lifetime?

Well this is difficult to answer. Testing positive automatically places you into a different court of opinion and you are judged with a different bias on mortality. One of the drugs used to treat...

Can CD4 counts go up once they've dropped in a person with HIV?

If the patient is on antiretroviral medication the CD4 count may rise. I dont believe that it can increase on its own. A count of 250-275 is pretty low and is approaching a level in which infection...

Is it safe to employ an HIV+ person to make e.g.sanitary napkins, toothbrushes, in contact with human fluids?

HIV could only be spread by the employee licking the sanitary napkins and/or douching with the toothbrush. HIV can't be spread by normal touching of these objects. Now if the employee was bl...

HIV from shower curtain?

First, the person before you would have to have HIV. Second, they would have to have ejaculated right onto that area of the shower curtain. If your blood was clotting and it was healing then I hi...