Talk:HIV Progression Rates

Doesn't actually seem to be a copyvio. The relevant paragraph from the suggested source is:


 * A significant percentage (10-15%) of HIV-infected individuals experience an unusually rapid progression to AIDS within two to three years of primary infection (Figure 1) (71, 87). As discussed above, it is unknown whether the presence and/or the severity of the acute viral syndrome and a higher peak of viremia are preferentially associated with the category of rapid progression of HIV disease. However, rapid progressors may experience a prolonged acute viral syndrome (see below); in addition, constitutional symptoms of variable severity may persist after transition to the chronic phase of infection. In fact, in rapid progressors the period of true clinical latency may be absent or very brief. Downregulation of the initial burst of viremia may not be very efficient in rapid progressors; even after the initial decrease, the levels of viremia may rise rapidly (see below). Inefficient control of the initial burst of viremia and rapid rise in viremia within the first or second year after primary infection reflect a poor control of HIV infection by the immune system. In this regard, a delay in the appearance of the primary immune response or a rapid disappearance of certain immune functions during the early stages of the chronic phase of infection may be detected in rapid progressors (see below).

It may still be copyvioed from somewhere else, of course. --Ngb?!? 19:41, 29 August 2005 (UTC)