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Health Encyclopedia: Hiv Infection
HIV infection is a viral infection caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that gradually destroys the immune system, resulting in infections that are hard for the body to fight.
Alternative Names
Human immunodeficiency virus infection
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Expert & Community Posts
Potent Anti-HIV Drugs Associated with Arthritis
By Christine Miller , Health Expert...disease are unexpectedly more likely in people with HIV taking potent anti-HIV therapy. The two... Read more »
How Does HIV/AIDS Dementia Differ from Alzheimer's?
By Christine Kennard , Health Expert...increase that is one of the few aspects in which HIV dementia can be compared to Alzheimer's.... Read more »
Advanced Viral Research Corp. Granted Patent for New RA Drug
By Christine Miller , Health Expert...with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), including... Read more »
Why is ADHD a Syndrome?
By Dr. Ballas , Health Expert...many years since researchers have discovered the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as the... Read more »
Pulmonary Hypertension - What You Need to Know
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert...of smoking; Pulmonary Embolism or blood Clots; Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV; Advanced... Read more »
Health Guide
Gene Increases HIV Risk
...it to live about two years longer. "It's well-known that individuals vary in their susceptibility to HIV and that after infection occurs, the disease progresses at variable rates," study author... Read more »HIV Transmission
...misunderstandings as HIV. Nearly twenty years into the global pandemic, some people are still confused about how HIV is transmitted. Read on to learn what you need to know to protect yourself. Who... Read more »The Truth About a Cure
For many years, HIV and AIDS were synonymous with a death sentence, yet now there's lots of talk of a possible cure. What truth, if any, lies behind this? The truth is that there still is no cure for... Read more »Testing, Testing, One, Two, Three: How HIV Tests Work
HIV hasn't disappeared. The numbers are still haunting. Half of all new HIV infections occur in people under the age of 25. This equates with 2 new infections every hour of every day in this... Read more »Acute HIV infection
Acute HIV infection is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a virus that gradually destroys the immune system. Alternative Names Primary HIV... Read more »Images
Medications
...(such as azole antifungals-including ketoconazole, HIV protease inhibitors including... Read more »
...barbiturates including phenobarbital, cimetidine, HIV protease inhibitors including ritonavir,... Read more »
...including erythromycin/clarithromycin/troleandomycin, HIV protease inhibitors including... Read more »
...(e.g., itraconazole, ketoconazole) delavirdine HIV protease inhibitors (e.g., ritonavir,... Read more »
...including erythromycin/clarithromycin/troleandomycin, HIV protease inhibitors including... Read more »
Related News
HIV Discovery may Lead to new Treatments
September 10, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New insight into the process of HIV infection may lead to new treatments for the disease. Scientists recently discovered that... Read summary »
Herpes Drug Doubles as HIV Treatment?
September 11, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New research reveals a surprising interaction between a drug used for herpes and HIV. The research shows that drug, acyclovir... Read summary »
Blood Type Fights HIV
January 20, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Blood types may help determine whether a person can build resistance to contracting HIV or increase their chances of avoiding... Read summary »
Promising Treatment to Prevent HIV
June 22, 2005SEATTLE (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- It's being touted as the most promising AIDS vaccine in more than 20 years. Millions of people around the... Read summary »
Fighting HIV
August 27, 2007DURHAM, N.C. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- There are more than 1 million people living with HIV right now in the United States. Last year, nearly... Read summary »
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