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 ...

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.

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 ...

HIV positive father Andrew Pulsipher posts picture of HIV negative family to help change ... “I give them a sample and they wash out the seamen and keep the sperm and then with fertility ...

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.

HIV prevalence among FSWs is generally below 5%, and in some cases, very limited prevalence or no infections were found in sample settings. Nevertheless, FSW networks are a major driver of new HIV ...

The national rollout program continues to expand, with more vending machines to be installed in Australian universities, in ...

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 ...