Sandra A. Kelly proudly describes SYMBIOTE as a "medical 'what-if' thriller/suspense novel" revolving around HIV mutations, research, and treatments. This book tells the story of a young Crime Scene Investigator who inadvertently contracts HIV. His story involves how the "parasite" affects his personal and professional life and the two medical researchers who have his best interest at heart, but have two different theories regarding his treatment. The amazing results will leave you wondering and hoping for what might be waiting just around the corner.that a cure may be at hand! She uses the term "parasite" because a parasite needs a host in order to survive, and HIV cannot survive outside the human body. Kelly takes the widely held premise of HIV infection and then stands it on its head with creative inventiveness in SYMBIOTE. Mature content involving medical concepts, romance, humor, and sexual situations is tastefully incorporated and not overdone.