Division of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, NIAID, NIH
International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) Division of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome HIV Basic Science HIV Epidemiology NIAID Resources for Researchers New Investigator Workshop HIV/AIDS Factsheets, Brochures and News ... [... more]
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Division of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (DAIDS)
NIAID has funded the following Clinical Trials Units (CTU) and their associated Clinical Research Sites (CRS) to implement the clinical research plans of one or more of the six NIAID-funded HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials Networks ( International ... [... more]
National Institute of Allergy |
Understanding HIV/AIDS, NIAID, NIH
AIDS was first reported in the United States in 1981 and has since become a major worldwide epidemic. AIDS is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV. By killing or damaging cells of the body's immune system, HIV progressively destroys ... [... more]
National Institute of Allergy |
How HIV Causes AIDS
HIV destroys CD4 positive (CD4+) T cells, which are white blood cells crucial to maintaining the function of the human immune system. As the virus attacks those cells, the person infected with HIV is less equipped to fight off infection and ... [... more]
National Institute of Allergy |
HIV Vaccine Glossary, HIV/AIDS, NIAID, NIH
Q & A; for Volunteers Q & A; for Prevention Workers Q & A; for Treatment Advocates : abbreviation for "cluster of differentiation," referring to cell surface molecules that are used to identify stages of maturity of immune cells, [... more]
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HIV Infection in Infants and Children, HIV/AIDS, NIAID, NIH
In this era of antiretroviral therapy, epidemiologic studies such as NIAID's Women and Infant's Transmission Study (WITS) are examining risk factors for transmission as well as the course of HIV disease in pregnant women and their babies. ... [... more]
National Institute of Allergy |
Care and Treatment
There is a rising concern about the effects of HIV/AIDS among adolescents and young adults between ages of 13 to 24 in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 40,049 cumulative cases of AIDS among people ... [... more]
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HIV Infection in Women
The number of women with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infection and AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) has increased steadily worldwide. By the end of 2005, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), 17.5 million women ... [... more]
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