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Article: Incongruous age distributions of HIV infections and deaths from HIV disease: where is the latent period between HIV infection and AIDS?(Report)
- Article from:
- Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
- Article date:
- September 22, 2008
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ABSTRACT
HIV/AIDS theory postulates a latent period of roughly 10 years between infection by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the appearance of symptoms of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Progressively improved treatments have supposedly extended the latent period for asymptomatic HIV-positive persons as well as the lifespan of AIDS patients. However, neither the age distribution of first HIV-positive test nor that of death from AIDS changed between 1987 and 2004. Both distributions still peak between ages 35 and 44. These data are incompatible with the conventional view of HIV/AIDS.
Black and Hispanic Americans have higher rates of HIV ...
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