HIV-2 and HIV-1 are both types of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). They are both transmitted the same way, but HIV-2 does not spread as easily and progresses to AIDS more slowly. Those with HIV-2 ...
At the cellular level, HIV-1 transmission involves a highly coordinated process whereby the virus binds to CD4 receptors and one of two coreceptors—CCR5 (R5) or CXCR4 (X4)—on host immune cells, ...
In an important discovery, researchers from Florida Atlantic University's Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine have identified a never-before-seen mechanism that enables the human immunodeficiency ...
The experimental HIV vaccine regimen exhibited an acceptable safety profile and elicited robust immune responses in 99% of trial participants from sub-Saharan Africa. Its ability to induce broad ...