This one isn’t my idea or doing, just elsewhere off of the Chans.
You might be interested in knowing that sometimes “GP160” is actually = GP41 + GP120.
And what is GP160?
1-5 bands of difference in either direction could be the difference between a “differential diagnosis” for lymes disease or HIV on a western blot.
Some blots may be present in some patients, but not others. Usually p24 and/or p41 are the ones that get attention for suspected HIV, but 120/160 as well.
Some may be “weakly reactive” or not present at all as shown in tests #1 and 2 below.
But again a “band” can be the sum of two other reactive bands; ie gp160 = gp40 + gp120.
gp160 , or thereabouts could be hanging out there all by itself.
sv40, is idk, 80 or 90-something and can be present by itself, or damn near all by itself.
Both are interesting to me. I’m not 100% convinced that some of this shit means what they think it means.
The Chagas idea is interesting, it’s not where I went with this “but okay,” I say this fairly often these days but “I’d be delighted to be wrong” as long as someone fucking comes up with the correct answer.
Guess which two drugs are next to impossible to even get in Mexico, with or without a prescription.
