hiv/aids Human immunodeficiency virus, commonly known as HIV, is a virus that targets the immune system and can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) if left untreated. HIV can be transmitted through sexual intercourse, using needles that have been in contact with bodily fluids containing HIV, and during pregnancy, childbirth, or ...

Apr 11, 2024 · HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus, is the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). HIV attacks the immune system by entering and destroying CD4+ T cells, a type of white blood cell that is vital to fighting off infection.

How does being durably undetectable affect my risk of transmitting HIV to a sexual partner? People with HIV who take antiretroviral medications as prescribed and who achieve and then maintain an undetectable viral load have effectively no risk of sexually transmitting the virus to people without HIV.

Since women and girls are at particularly high risk for HIV/AIDS in many parts of the world, it is especially important to have an effective, desirable vaginal microbicide as an HIV prevention tool that women can control. Read more about microbicides. Prevention of Perinatal Transmission

Mar 6, 2024 · Long-acting, injectable antiretroviral therapy (ART) suppressed HIV replication better than oral ART in people who had previously experienced challenges taking daily oral regimens and was found safe in adolescents with HIV viral suppression, according to two studies presented today at the 2024 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) …

Still, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) estimates that 1.8 million children under 15 years old worldwide were living with HIV in 2017. Because children can differ greatly from adults in size, metabolism, and organ function, most medical interventions, including HIV treatment, must be tailored for pediatric patients in ...

Apr 23, 2024 · by Jeanne Marrazzo, M.D., M.P.H., NIAID DirectorThe HIV research community is led by scientists with deep personal commitments to improving the lives of people with and affected by HIV. Our collective decades of work have generated HIV testing, prevention and treatment options beyond what we could have imagined in the 1980s. Those advances enable …

While rates of mother to child transmission of HIV have fallen over the last decade, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) still estimates that as many as 1.8 million children under 15 years old worldwide were living with HIV in 2017.

Mar 6, 2024 · Four children have remained free of detectable HIV for more than one year after their antiretroviral therapy (ART) was paused to see if they could achieve HIV remission, according to a presentation today at the 2024 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Denver. The children, who acquired HIV before birth, were enrolled in a …

Sep 9, 2024 · A NIAID study revealed how some variants of SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—could evolve. The researchers used cutting-edge technology to examine genes from SARS-CoV-2 in people with and without HIV who also had COVID-19, looking at the different copies of the virus in individuals over time. They found that people with advanced HIV—as …