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I'm not sure he necessarily is resistant to the virus. It has a long and variable incubation period, and he may have been lucky enough that this incubation per
by dm319 8y ago
I'm not sure he necessarily is resistant to the virus. It has a long and variable incubation period, and he may have been lucky enough that this incubation period reached the point at which HAART treatment was widely available.
- Aloha 8y agoIn the article it says: "Matt looks at where he is today with amazement. His hepatitis C has gone and his viral loads of HIV are still undetectable – he’s never had to take anti-retrovirals. Of about 1,250 haemophiliacs infected with both hepatitis C and HIV due to the scandal, according to the campaign group Tainted Blood, fewer than 250 are still alive. “It really is, in terms of health outcomes, like winning the lottery,” he says."
- dm319 8y agoAh thanks, missed that. Makes you wonder whether the Hep C treatment (probably with interferon) helped to keep the HIV under control too.