HIV-like illness 'not a virus'

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Published: 27 Aug 2012 at 00.00
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The Disease Control Department is seeking to ease public fears over a disease found in Thailand with HIV-like symptoms, saying it is not contagious.

The disease, identified by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and reported in the New England Journal of Medicine last Thursday, has been found among Asian adults who built antibodies that stopped their immune functions.

The NIH studied more than 200 people mainly from Thailand and Taiwan after the disease, recorded in 2004, was most commonly found in the two countries.

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pointoffew
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Discussion 3 : 27 Aug 2012 at 11.443
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@ Ian, discussion 2, the article http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1111160#t=articleTop is rather technical.
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Discussion 2 : 27 Aug 2012 at 10.182
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Unfortunately this report is so bereft of meaningful information as to have no value.
Where is the link to the article, that presumably will be more informative?
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Discussion 1 : 27 Aug 2012 at 09.081
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Will this be a wake up call for doctors who give you antibiotics when you have a pain in your toe ?
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