Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) targets important cells of our immune system, making infected individuals more ...

Kaposi’s sarcoma. This is a type of skin cancer. It looks like dark spots that may be brown, purple, or red. It usually happens when someone has AIDS. Drugs that treat HIV and related infections ...

HIV is incredibly difficult to treat because of the virus’ ability to integrate its genome into the host’s DNA. It is also known to infect different types of cells and tissues in the body ...

project reported their detection of the new variant of subtype-B HIV-1, the most common type of HIV, that appears to be even more damaging to a person's health. Identified as the "VB variant," the ...

The strongest evidence is for herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2). A meta-analysis found that having HSV-2 was associated with an increased risk of acquiring HIV both in the general population (an ...

The new sub-type is the first strain to be identified since guidelines for classifying new HIV strains were first established in 2000. HIV has a multitude of different sub-types and, like other ...

Updated Hep B Vaccine More Effective for People With HIV Dec. 10, 2024 — A newer vaccine against hepatitis B virus was clearly superior to an older vaccine type in inducing a protective antibody ...