Serodeconversion of HIV Antibody-Positive AIDS Patients Following Treatment with V-1 Immunitor
Joint Authors
Bourinbaiar, Aldar S.
Jirathitikal, Vichai
Metadilogkul, Orapun
Source
Issue
Vol. 2009, Issue 2009 (31 Dec. 2009), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2008-10-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
It is extremely rare when HIV seropositive adult patients experience spontaneous loss of antibodies, that is, seroreversion.
The disappearance of HIV antibodies was occasionally attributed to iatrogenic interventionserodeconversion.
Such interventions include: HAART; oral interferon; Chinese herbal remedies; and therapeutic AIDS vaccines derived from pooled blood.
Oral therapeutic, alloimmune AIDS vaccine, V-1 Immunitor (V1), was administered to 60000 HIV-positive Thai patients.
The administration of V1 resulted in serodeconversion among 23 individuals.
The patient group consisted of 9 females (39%) and 14 males (61%) including two 2-year-old boys.
The age range was 2–58 years with mean/median 29/29.3 years.
Patients were tested seropositive for HIV at least once before being enrolled on V1.
The duration of treatment until discovery of seronegative status ranged between 2 weeks and 15 months with average/median 7.2/8 months.
Time to seronegativity was correlated with baseline disease stage (R=0.62; P=.002).
The seronegative status was positively associated with V1-induced undetectable or low viral load (R=0.65; P=.0008).
The odds ratio analysis comparing the outcome of our study with published surveys of diagnostic accuracy of laboratory tests suggested that the probability of HIV antibody testing error was remote (P<.000001).
The possible causes responsible for this unusual phenomenon are discussed.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Metadilogkul, Orapun& Jirathitikal, Vichai& Bourinbaiar, Aldar S.. 2008. Serodeconversion of HIV Antibody-Positive AIDS Patients Following Treatment with V-1 Immunitor. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2009, no. 2009, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Metadilogkul, Orapun…[et al.]. Serodeconversion of HIV Antibody-Positive AIDS Patients Following Treatment with V-1 Immunitor. BioMed Research International No. 2009 (2009), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Metadilogkul, Orapun& Jirathitikal, Vichai& Bourinbaiar, Aldar S.. Serodeconversion of HIV Antibody-Positive AIDS Patients Following Treatment with V-1 Immunitor. BioMed Research International. 2008. Vol. 2009, no. 2009, pp.1-7.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-988485