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  • Reminder of vaccination (3rd dose)

    To ensure the effectiveness of vaccination against hepatitis A and B (Twinrix), three (3) doses are required :

    1re


    2e :

    1 month after the first dose

    3e :

    6 months after the first dose

    This tool lets you send a friendly reminder for your third dose of vaccine.

    Please enter the date of the second dose as well as your email address. You will be notified within five (5) months.

    Date of the second vaccine:

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    Why are treatments unable to completely erradicate HIV from the body?

    The HIV virus does not limit itself exclusively to the CD4 cells in your blood. It is also found in numerous other “reservoirs” or sites in the body. Some of the many “reservoirs” where HIV may lodge and hide out from medications are: lymph nodes (immune intelligence centers of the body – present all over the place), the digestive system (gastrointestinal tract), the brain, the testicles and ovaries etc. In these various sites, HIV goes into a latent phase, or dormant phase where it is not actively reproducing itself. Given that all currently available medications target different phases of the HIV reproduction cycle they are unable to attack virus that is not replicating. Without replication (in a sleeping virus) the medications, regardless of the combinations used are useless in these sites. The presence of reservoirs is what currently makes it impossible to completely eliminate HIV from an infected individual.

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