HIV-1 may compromise balance or gait at multiple levels of the nervous system with the potential for an additive effect and a pronounced mobility impairment. What virus makes you dizzy? Vestibular neuritis is often caused by a viral respiratory illness like the flu that causes the nerve cells in theRead More →
HIV does not survive long outside the human body (such as on surfaces), and it cannot reproduce. It is not spread by: Air or water. Can HIV live in a dry environment? HIV can’t survive for long in the environment. When fluid leaves the body and is exposed to air,Read More →
Undetected. If detected, results are reported in copies/mL. Interpretation: This assay has a plasma HIV-1 RNA quantification result range of 20 copies/mL to 10,000,000 copies/mL. An “undetected” result indicates that the assay was unable to detect HIV-1 RNA with the plasma specimen. Is HIV NAT test conclusive? HIV tests areRead More →
The HIV capsid is built from a single protein, called capsid protein, shown here on the left from PDB entry 1e6j . Capsid protein, also known as CA or p24, folds to form two domains connected by a flexible linker. This flexibility gives the protein a lot of options forRead More →