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HIV 'superinfection' boosts immune response: Findings may provide insight into HIV-vaccine development

Women who have been infected by two different strains of HIV from two different sexual partners – a condition known as HIV superinfection – have more potent antibody responses that block the replication of the virus compared to women who’ve only been infected once.

Published
30 March 2012
From
Science Daily
What is HIV?
Deeper view of HIV reveals impact of early mutations

Mutations in HIV that develop during the first few weeks of infection may play a critical role in undermining a successful early immune response, a finding that reveals the importance of vaccines targeting regions of the virus that are less likely to mutate.

Published
09 March 2012
From
Science Daily (press release)
History of HIV and AIDS
A new patient zero? Researchers may have spotted animal-to-human immunodeficiency virus transfer

A group of scientists working in Ivory Coast may have discovered a case of infection of a human with a novel variety of an animal immunodeficiency virus,

Published
07 March 2012
By
Gus Cairns
How HIV works
Psoriasis Linked to Protection from HIV-1

Many psoriasis patients have the same gene variants as people who are not significantly affected by an HIV-1 infection.

Published
06 March 2012
From
Scientific American
How HIV works
Are HIV Non-Progressors Really Very Slow Progressors?

HIV positive people traditionally classified as long-term non-progressors or viral controllers may in fact progress slowly over time, according to research reported in the February 20, 2012, edition of the open-access journal PLoS ONE. These findings suggest that so-called non-progressors may in fact benefit from antiretroviral therapy and could provide clues to aid in development of immune-based therapies.

Published
27 February 2012
From
HIVandHepatitis.com
What is HIV?
Virus Related to HIV Found in One Quarter of Ape Hunters in Gabon

Nearly one quarter of humans bitten or scratched while hunting nonhuman primates in Gabon had evidence of simian foamy retrovirus (SFV), a virus closely related to HIV. The finding underlines the continuing risk of cross-species transmission of retroviruses.

Published
18 January 2012
From
International AIDS Society
What is HIV?
Pathogenic Landscape of HIV

In perhaps the most comprehensive survey of the inner workings of HIV, an international team of scientists led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco has mapped every apparent physical interaction the virus makes with components of the human cells it infects—work that may reveal new ways to design future HIV/AIDS drugs.

Published
21 December 2011
From
UCSF Today
Sexual transmission
Semen Protein Boosts HIV Transmission

Researchers identify a protein in semen that enhances the transmission of HIV in culture, but whether it increases infectivity in humans is not yet known.

Published
15 December 2011
From
The Scientist
What is HIV?
Rare HIV, Group N, Reported Outside Cameroon

A man in France who recently travelled to Togo has been diagnosed with a rare type of HIV-infection - Group N. This is the first time this type of HIV-infection has been detected outside Cameroon. The infection is considerably more similar to the virus type discovered in chimpanzees than to other human type viruses.

Published
25 November 2011
From
Medical News Today
Outcomes and prognosis
Treatment with statins reduces mortality risk for patients taking effective HIV therapy

Treatment with statins significantly reduces the risk of death for patients taking virologically suppressive antiretroviral therapy, US investigators report in the online journal PLoS One. The investigators believe

Published
15 August 2011
By
Michael Carter
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