Girl infected with HIV because the manicure

The results of blood tests showed the girl infected with HIV about 10 years ago. Moreover, the genetic analysis suggests the virus HIV in both patients are of the same race, so likely that this 22-year old girl has been infected via the tools.

Girl infected with HIV because the nail.

According to the disclosure of the doctor in the medical journal AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, this is a form of transmission of the new virus. However, the researchers also warned that roads spread through tools is very rare and the risk of infection from a new source is still very low.

Dr. Brian Foley in HIV sequence database at Los Alamos National Laboratory (United States of America) said the incident does not make people afraid of contact with people who have the virus, so the risk of infection is very low.

He said: "HIV is not transmitted through normal contact, such as sharing eating utensils or drinking a glass of water in General. The transmission through manicure tool is extremely useful for Greece so people should not be too afraid that staying away from people with HIV. However, people should also be careful when sharing the things likely to cause bleeding. "

Dr Michael Brady-Medical Director at Terrence Higgins Trust (uk)-insists that this is a case of hope. He said: "this is a very unusual case. It is difficult to determine the origin of HIV infection, particularly the infection happened over a decade ago, at the same time it is difficult to imagine how HIV can be transmitted by the device.

In the uk, the majority of HIV cases is caused by unsafe sex. I don't think this particular case we change the message about the best way to prevent HIV infection is to use condoms and regular testing of the virus ".=

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