HIV strikes fast, Duke study finds: results point to need for prompt diagnosis
July 25th, 2008newsobserver.com | HIV strikes fast, study finds: “HIV infects and attacks the body within days — much faster than previously thought — drastically narrowing the window of time when intervention is possible, Duke University researchers have found.”
Not good news, especially given this:
“We can narrow that window down, but we’re never going to be able to identify all of these folks,” Leone said. “We just can’t.”
The window in which action might be taken to prevent the infection taking hold is just to narrow to ever completely eliminate the risk. Oh well. More knowledge is always better in the long run, but it’s still sad to see that scientists and doctors don’t have as long as they used to think they did before significant damage occurred.
