Bees, AIDS and African Swine Fever Virus: John Beldekas talks about AIDS and African Swine Fever Virus
"From 1983 to 1986, Jane Teas (Dept. of Pathology, Human Ecology Assn.,
Boston), John Beldekas (Boston University Medical School) and James R Hebert
(Dept. of Epidemiology, Am Health Fdn, NY) searched for evidence of the ASF
virus in AIDS patients. An article on their findings was published in The
Lancet on March 8, 1986. What they found was the presence of ASFV in the blood
of 9 of 21 AIDS patients using haemadsorption tests and found ASFV in 10 AIDS
patients using immunofluorescence tests. Sixteen controls were used in the
tests and one tested positive for ASFV. Beldekas also noted “giant cell
formations, a characteristic of ASFV in swine cell cultures.” Beldekas
indicated that possibly a new variant strain of ASFV was an infectious agent in
AIDS and would cross react with Lisbon 60 strain which is known to cross react
with all other strains of ASFV. African Swine Fever Virus is not supposed to
infect people. What was ASFV doing in the blood of 9 AIDS patients and why was
it not found in all 21"
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