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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
The generically named tenofovir medication is sold in the United States with the brand name Viread. It is part of the treatment for human immunodeficiency viral, or HIV, infections, the Mayo Clinic reports. Viread also may be used in the...
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...
The World Health Organization (WHO) states that 33.4 million people around the world are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a sexually transmitted disease that severely weakens the patient's immune system. No cure exists for HIV...
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...
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...
AIDS, or autoimmunodeficiency disease, refers to a potentially lethal disease in which the human immunodeficiency virus invades the cells throughout the body and makes it difficult for the body to defend itself against infection. The Mayo Clinic...
Sanctura (generic name: trospium) is a medication used to manage overactive bladder, urinary incontinence and urinary frequency. According to MedlinePlus, Sanctura is an anticholinergic medication used to relax your bladder tone and prevent your...
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 HIV virus that causes AIDS is a retrovirus, an RNA virus that uses the cell's machinery to transcribe itself into DNA and integrate itself into the genetic material of the cell before creating more RNA viral particles to send out and infect...
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...
Viruses are parasites that cannot reproduce on their own. They recognize specific molecules on the surface of target cells and bind to them. After entering the cells, viruses take off their protein coat'a process called un-coating'to release the...