AIDS and TB co-infection

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Dear AIDS-India Forum,

If you choose to google Priyadarshi Datta in the AIDS-forum you will find how

the New York doctor Dr Romagnoli, afraid of my getting Multiple DR-TB or XDR

(extreme DR-TB) gave me the four drug therapy for twelve months, which was

extended to 18 months, of four drug therapy to kill the TB bacteria without a

skin test, since I already had the BCG vaccine as a baby.

This was prior to HAART drugs coming into the market, in 1992.

Just last week National Public Radio had a call to come up with a 'new vaccine'

for TB which would not take 12 to 18 months to kill the TB germ in humans, since

it is hard to keep track of already sick, AIDS patients, rigorously taking the

TB drugs without fail, so as not to create more drug resistance strains

The BCG vaccine was developed a hundred years ago by Pasteur Institute to stop

passing bovine TB to humans by pasteurizing milk( a byproduct).

Today in countries like South Africa , India and South East Asia, co-infection

of AIDS and TB has caused complete devastation of humans.

I know of a young doctor in Birmingham, Alabama who specializes in TB/AIDS

co-infection.

This plea goes out to research facilities in India(Pune/Bengaluru) and anywhere,

to find such a vaccine to save millions of people infected by both TB and AIDS.

I am not a doctor, but a PLWHA.

Thank you,

Sincerely,

Priyadarshi Datta (PLWHA)

e-mail: <pdatta@...>