RS> Thats not how viruses work. You almost never get a 100% kill rate
RS> even with the most virulent viruses. You dont even get 100% kill
RS> rate with HIV which is one of the highest kill rates around.

BG> I thought that apart from that small group of HIV-resistant
BG> women in Africa, once you were infected with HIV, you
BG> invariably died, albeit as much as 10 years later.

That true of dying of AIDS *AFTER* you have sero converted.
That is indeed 100%, no exceptions whatever, even in africa.

There are however some people who have got infected with a mutated
form of HIV which never sero convert and so dont ever die of it.

There has in fact been a strain of HIV found here too
which looks like it may well be useful as an HIV vaccine
etc. Main problem is that it shows positive on HIV tests.

BG> What about Ebola though, isn't that near 100% fatal as well?

Yeah, its one of the most virulent but its still not 100%
And a LOT less than 100% get infected when its around too.

RS> That does not mean that you necessarily get the
RS> population immune to the virus forever after tho. Like
RS> I say, it depends on what causes the survivors to survive.

BG> True, it'll be interesting if they manage to
BG> find out why those women are immune to HIV too.

Its a different strain which produces that. Strain of HIV. HIV is rather easy
to work the DNA out with, thats what determines the strain, the DNA sequence.
@EOT:

---