HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) refers to a chronic and debilitating disease in which a person's immune system is severely weakened. MedlinePlus indicates that HIV's symptoms include fever, fatigue, headache, diarrhea, sore throat and swollen...
Human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, is spread through contact with infected blood and body fluids. The risk of transmission varies according to the manner of exposure. The risk is greatest with transfusion of contaminated blood, needle sharing,...
Human immune deficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) continues to pose a challenge for treatment. According to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAD), there are more than 1...
The human immunodeficiency virus, HIV, infects many cells of the immune system eventually leading to the development of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS. There is no cure for AIDS; however anti-retroviral treatment markedly reduces the...
Human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, is a type of retrovirus that replaces normal cellular DNA with its own viral genetic material, causing progressive damage to the body's immune system. HIV infection can eventually lead to the life-threatening...
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS, is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, HIV. HIV infects many cells of the immune system resulting in decreased immune responses to infections and cancers. The Joint United Nations Programme on...
Though HIV is an incurable disease, several medications slow its progression. Many of these medications work by preventing the HIV virus from producing more copies of itself. Several classes of HIV antiretroviral medications have been approved by...
Medications for treating human immunodeficiency virus, HIV, infection have changed AIDS from a near-universally fatal disease to one that is manageable for long periods. These medications work by suppressing the ability of HIV to make copies of...
Viral hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver that can be caused by several different viruses namely, hepatitis A, B, C, D and E, explains the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases. The hepatitis B, C, and D viruses can...
AIDS, or Acquired Immune Deficiency Disorder, is the result of HIV infection. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention states that there are 1,106,400 people in the United States living with HIV infection. Without treatment, HIV infection...
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a chronic life-threatening condition. HIV damages the immune system, which makes the body susceptible to infections that it would normally...
The human immunodeficiency virus infection cripples the immune system of the body, leading to the development of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention put the number of people living with...
The human immunodeficiency virus or HIV is the virus that can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or AIDS. The virus is transmitted primarily through sexual contact---vaginal, oral or anal---but it also may spread via shared syringe needles...
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), is a virus that infects white blood cells in the bloodstream, eventually diminishing or destroying circulating which blood cell count within the body. Since white blood cells are important for immune...
In the United States, there are 1,106,400 people living with HIV infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Twenty-one percent of that population is unaware of their condition. Finding the most effective treatment that...
Patients with acute HIV have, by definition, recently been infected with the virus. HIV is a retrovirus that uses an enzyme called reverse transcriptase as part of its life cycle. Patients with acute HIV syndrome can begin anti-retroviral therapy...
The human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, destroys white blood cells of the immune system called CD4+ cells. This leaves the body unable to protect itself against other invading organisms. When the virus damages enough of the immune system to make...
HIV infection is the infection of white blood cells caused by the human immunodeficiency virus. The virus enters certain types of white blood cells and essentially hijacks the cells' machinery to make more copies of the virus, before killing the...
Infection with the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, causes slowly progressive destruction of the immune system. Late-stage HIV infection, or AIDS, is characterized by vulnerability to numerous types of infections. Antiviral drugs, known as...
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, commonly known as AIDS, is a life-threatening disease in which the immune system slowly breaks down over time. AIDS is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV. As of 2008, approximately 33.4 million...
HIV/AIDS continues to be a dreaded killer. According to data from the NIH National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), there are over 1 million people living with the disease in the U.S., with over 53,000 new infections each...
