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From: gerri@watson.ibm.com (Gerri Oppedisano)
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Subject: AIDS and HIV
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> 1) It is possible to be infected with HIV without developing AIDS.  The
>   exact numbers aren't known, but it's becoming clear that some people
>   can remain asymptomatic for years.  It's both discouraging and
>   inaccurate to say that someone has "caught the AIDS virus" when they
>   might not ever develop any symptoms.
>
>   A term which is coming into increasing use in the San Francisco Bay Area
>   is "HIV Disease", which encompasses a variety of symptoms and illnesses
>   not included in the CDC definition of AIDS.  It also does not have the
>   connotations that "AIDS" has.
>
> 2) HIV is not the only cause of AIDS (although it is the leading one).
>   "HIV" is a more specific term, and therefore preferable for the cases
>   we talk about in this newsgroup (which probably ought to be called
>   sci.med.hiv).
> --
> Jack Hamilton         jfh@netcom.com         apple!netcom!jfh

Has there been any person who has AIDS who didn't have HIV+
status first? How long has the longest period of HIV+ status
without symptoms been? I've heard that everyone who is HIV+
eventually develops AIDS; is this rumor?

gerri@watson.ibm.com