Estimated HIV risk per exposure - Aidsmap
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The stages of HIV infection - Aidsmap
Most descriptions of the stages of HIV infection describe the natural history of HIV, in other words how, over time, the disease progresses in people who are not taking HIV treatment. They show how HIV progressively attacks and weakens the immune system, eventually leading to AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome).
HIV-1 and HIV-2 - Aidsmap
There are two major types of the human immunodeficiency virus. HIV-1, which was discovered first, is the most widespread type worldwide. HIV-2 is more than 55% genetically different from HIV-1.
On-demand PrEP is highly effective, but some may find it confusing
Jul 8, 2020 · Educating clients at a San Francisco sexual health clinic about on-demand pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) increased their desire to use the intermittent HIV prevention method, researchers reported this week at the 23rd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2020: Virtual).Among the 24% of clients who did so, the rate of new infections and use of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) were low.
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How likely is mother-to-child transmission of HIV? - Aidsmap
Without any sort of treatment or care, the chance of a woman with HIV passing it on to her baby is considerable. Before antiretroviral therapy and other preventative measures were introduced, transmission rates per pregnancy were between 14 and 20% in European countries, and up to 43% in African countries.Transmission happened during pregnancy, around the …
Acute and primary HIV infection - Aidsmap
Acute HIV infection is the immediate period after HIV infection and refers to the first month after you have been infected, while the term primary HIV infection is the six-month period after infection. This early period represents an important time in terms of infectiousness and damage to the immune system. Seroconversion symptoms
For how long do people with HIV remain undetectable? - Aidsmap
Mar 25, 2021 · Professor Giorano Madeddu of the University of Sassari looked at people’s data for an average of five years each. Analysed day by day, a remarkable 96.9% of days were spent with a viral load below 200 (the threshold used in the scientific studies that showed there were no transmissions when viral load was below this level).