Talk:WHO Disease Staging System for HIV Infection and Disease in Adults and Adolescents

Relevance

Is this 1990, the World Health Organisation staging system still relevant? If it is relevant, where and how is it used? Sci guy 16:08, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

you obviously don't know much about the research going on in the HIV/AIDS arena if you don't know the relevance of this staging system. It has been recently used in many studies in Africa, where most HIV infection is found. Your beloved CDC system is almost unique to the USA, and is thus not the system used for most cases. --Grcampbell 19:38, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Can you supply some references please, so that other editors can check your sources? A lot has changed in HIV/AIDS since 1990 and the refernce you supplied descibes an "interim" proposal from 15 yeard ago. Sci guy 15:09, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

How about Morgan et al., 2002 in the British Medical Journal? I mean, it was only carried out by MRC of the UK. --Grcampbell 20:16, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia editors have consistently reject articles like this one from the British Medical Journal. I accept that the Interim proposal for a WHO Staging System for HIV infection and Disease. by WHO 1990 may be a useful research tool. I agree with you that much of the popular HIV/AIDS material is pseudo science produced by political committees and AIDS educators who advocate abstinence. Sci guy 01:35, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

So Wikipedia editors with virtually no experience in HIV research and epidemiology know better than those out in the field working? The BMJ isn't the only article that has cited this scheme. Also, AIDS, JBC, Nature, Science and others. --Grcampbell 15:47, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia does not predict the future

If the WHO adopts these changes in September 2005, then they can be added with appropriate references Sci guy 02:02, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

The staging system in Africa is already in place and is being used, for other countries, it has not yet been developed, thus your statement holds no water --Grcampbell 15:47, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

Is it possible to have a time scale for each phase

I know this sounds slightly selfish, but I have no knowledge on the subject and am trying to learn more. So is it possible to have a time scale, I know that HIV takes roughly 10 years to develop into AIDS so i assume stages 1, 2, and 3 take place place over a 10 year period, and then Stage 4 occurs over the 9 months before eventual death? Right? Wrong?

And how is stage 1 2 and 3 split up into the 10 years?

If anyone can explain things itd be a great help. Thnx no one 12:23, 7 April 2007 (UTC)