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Offline Teresa

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Testicles HIV hiding spot
« on: February 08, 2007, 11:41:45 pm »
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6323191.stm

The study authors explained: "Although highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) may achieve undetectable virus levels in the blood, virus replication in the testis may permit continued spread of the virus.

Anyone else see this?

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Offline aztecan

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Re: Testicles HIV hiding spot
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2007, 08:39:24 am »
Well, I have now.

This isn't too surprising. HIV hides in all sorts of places, incliuding in the intestines, brain and nerve tissue and now, of course, the testes.

I wonder if the ovaries are similar reservoirs? I know that really has nothing to do with transmission, but it could impact treatment for women.

I do wish the BBC would learn to spell AIDS though. Its one of my pet peves.

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Re: Testicles HIV hiding spot
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2007, 09:16:59 am »
Hi Theresa,

I'm not surprised by this finding either. We've known for a long time now that men who have undetectable serum hiv levels often have detectable levels in their semen. At least now we have a better understanding of why.

Mark raises an interesting question about ovaries, but I doubt whether there will ever be funding made available to check it out. The main reason (I would imagine) that they are checking out testis is because of the transmission factor involved. The ovaries are not likely to play a part in transmission.

Hmm... now cervical tissue may be another story. Wonder if they'll ever do similar tests with tissue taken say from cone biopsies of hiv positive women's cervix... oh dear, how do you spell the plural of cervix? ::)

Thanks for the article Theresa.

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Re: Testicles HIV hiding spot
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2007, 10:43:17 am »
I'm finding the announcement ill-timed for popular frenzies about discoveries and bogus treatments.  Before the winter holidays, the announcement could have spurred HIV-positive men to experiment with injecting colloidal silver -- that old Nation of Islam hoax -- into their scrotums with the hope of achieving viral extermination and fabulously shiny balls!  ;D
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Re: Testicles HIV hiding spot
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2007, 10:58:26 am »
I've been trying to beat that virus out of there for MONTHS!  To no avail.

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Offline marco23

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Re: Testicles HIV hiding spot
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2007, 10:59:48 am »
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Offline budndallastx

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Re: Testicles HIV hiding spot
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2007, 06:19:10 pm »
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I do wish the BBC would learn to spell AIDS though. Its one of my pet peves.

It just goes to show you that the BBC is using an outdated word processor....
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Offline aupointillimite

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Re: Testicles HIV hiding spot
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2007, 06:45:47 pm »
I had this awesome plan to cut out organs where HIV is known to hide... I mean, I really didn't need my intestines, lymphatic system, and central nervous system.

This bit of trivia means I'm rethinking that plan.   ;D
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Offline jyngfilm

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Re: Testicles HIV hiding spot
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2007, 06:59:14 pm »
my balls have been the bane of my existence.  things are never so bad that they cant be made worse.
reminds me of a song lyric..."put your hands down my pants it'll make you feel nuts"... 

Cheers ~jordon
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Offline aupointillimite

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Re: Testicles HIV hiding spot
« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2007, 07:02:21 pm »
Quote from: Ann on February 09, 2007, 09:16:59 am
oh dear, how do you spell the plural of cervix? ::)



Cervices?  Cervixes? 

Crap.  I shall check dictionary.com

Actually... both of my guesses are correct.  Go me.

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Re: Testicles HIV hiding spot
« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2007, 12:37:03 am »
Maybe someone should invent a moisturizer/lube with meds in it to rub all over our genitals...  like Atriplagel or something?

 :o
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Re: Testicles HIV hiding spot
« Reply #11 on: February 12, 2007, 10:33:07 am »
Quote from: ndrew on February 10, 2007, 12:37:03 am
Maybe someone should invent a moisturizer/lube with meds in it to rub all over our genitals...  like Atriplagel or something?


Andrew,
If you need assistance in applying it, let me know!   ;)
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Offline David_CA

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Re: Testicles HIV hiding spot
« Reply #12 on: February 12, 2007, 08:43:25 pm »
Being serious for a moment, I wonder if a vasectomy would keep the HIV hiding in the testicles from being passed into the semen?

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Re: Testicles HIV hiding spot
« Reply #13 on: February 12, 2007, 09:04:41 pm »
Quote from: David_NC on February 12, 2007, 08:43:25 pm
Being serious for a moment, I wonder if a vasectomy would keep the HIV hiding in the testicles from being passed into the semen?

David

Probably not... I wouldn't be a bit surprised if HIV hides out in the Cowper's and prostate glands.
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Re: Testicles HIV hiding spot
« Reply #14 on: February 13, 2007, 12:44:04 am »
It seems HIV is HIDING everywhere.  It's 2007, don't we have nanotechnology... god.

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Re: Testicles HIV hiding spot
« Reply #15 on: February 13, 2007, 12:51:52 am »
That's why they always ache!
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Offline Queen Tokelove

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Re: Testicles HIV hiding spot
« Reply #16 on: February 13, 2007, 03:03:30 am »
Quote from: David_NC on February 12, 2007, 08:43:25 pm
Being serious for a moment, I wonder if a vasectomy would keep the HIV hiding in the testicles from being passed into the semen?

David

If it was possible that would surely be nipping it in the bud...*Doing my best Barney Fife impression*
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Re: Testicles HIV hiding spot
« Reply #17 on: February 13, 2007, 03:28:46 am »
Semen versus Sperm ?

Quote: "Several studies have been conducted to determine the infectivity of seminal and spermatozoal cells in order to access the possibility of transmission from an hiv infected male to his female partner.
Quale and colleagues reported that hiv could be found in seminal cell preparations but not in spermatozoal fractions. Also was demonstrated that seminal plasma and nonspermatozoal cells serve as main viral reservoir, whereas motile sperm were unlikely to be infective because of lack of expression of CD4 & CCR5 receptors on spermatozoal surface"

Complete article: http://www.iasusa.org/pub/topics/2004/issue2/61.pdf
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Re: Testicles HIV hiding spot
« Reply #18 on: February 13, 2007, 09:36:09 am »
Quote from: Grasshopper on February 13, 2007, 03:28:46 am
Semen versus Sperm ?

Sperm are single-purpose cells for the transport for your DNA, that's all they can do, and all they "stick to" are eggs; while semen is the sperm plus their transport fluid.  Semen was already known to support a variety of other virii and bacteria, so adding HIV to the list was already assumed.  Besides, go check out articles on "sperm washing" for using the sperm of male HIVers to produce children--the development of that procedures was based on not having detected HIV within sperm in over a decade of research.
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Re: Testicles HIV hiding spot
« Reply #19 on: February 13, 2007, 09:40:28 am »
Every time I hear the phrase sperm-washing, I get this image of sperm cells (with cartoon smiling faces, of course) hanging by their tails off a washing line.

Sorry for the hijack, but I just had to say that. Maybe the image will stop haunting me now. ;D

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Re: Testicles HIV hiding spot
« Reply #20 on: February 13, 2007, 09:59:07 am »
Ann, I told you just to take one pill not two. Now you are going to think everything is funny. ;)
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« Reply #21 on: February 13, 2007, 10:16:29 am »
Ooops, thought you said five!
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Re: Testicles HIV hiding spot
« Reply #22 on: February 13, 2007, 11:51:06 am »
I guess my post should have indicated that I wonder how much the testicles contribute to the total viral load of semen vs. that of the other glands. 
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