The third sample found in Congo was collected in 2001 as a part of a HIV viral diversity study. The sample was small, and while it seemed similar to the two older samples, scientists wanted to ...

Painstaking reconstruction of viral DNA and RNA sequences from decades-old tissue samples is beginning to yield a clearer picture of HIV's evolutionary history from its beginnings.

Although 150 samples were initially sent, medical staff narrowed down those affected to 79 by examining the blood type of the HIV positive blood sample. Currently four people have not contacted ...

Medically reviewed by Renita White, MD A non-reactive result from an HIV test means that you tested negative for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In most cases, that means you don't have a ...

In an initial clinical trial involving a handful of people with HIV, levels of the virus circulating in the blood decreased – becoming undetectable in one person. Journal reference: PNAS ...

The tissue sample was taken and preserved in 1966, making this HIV sequence 10 years older than the previous oldest genome, which came from a blood sample taken in 1976 in the DRC.

Litvak, who worked with Quinn on sample pooling around HIV in the 1990s, said it is important to do split-pooling, in which multiple tests are taken and positive tests split into other groups.

MADURAI: The blood sample of the baby girl born to a woman who was transfused with HIV-positive blood at the government hospital (GH) at Sattur in December last year when she was pregnant was sent ...

In a clinical pilot with 75 South African patients living with HIV, the Tufts research team's device, called a plasma spot card, more accurately measured the extent of a patient's HIV infection ...