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Another myth debunked: HIV can be detected post-mortem

By Eduard Grebe
Created 09 Mar 2009 22:54pm

In the light of recent developments, we have addressed the myth that HIV cannot be detected post-mortem on our Debunking denialist myths [1] page.

Myth #15: HIV cannot be detected post-mortem

HIV can be detected post-mortem with a high degree of accuracy. This is very important because deceased tissue donors need to be tested to ensure that tissue recipients are not infected with HIV. See:

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[1] https://www.aidstruth.org/denialism/myths
[2] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16308764