The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that infects cells of the immune system, principally CD4-positive T lymphocytes, and progressively depletes them, leading without treatment to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and susceptibility to opportunistic infections and malignancies. Transmitted through…
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that infects cells of the immune system, principally CD4-positive T lymphocytes, and progressively depletes them, leading without treatment to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and susceptibility to opportunistic infections and malignancies. Transmitted through blood, semen and other body fluids, and from mother to child, HIV integrates its reverse-transcribed genome into host DNA and establishes lifelong infection that is managed but not cured by combination antiretroviral therapy. Rapid diagnostic testing, which detects antibodies or antigen in minutes, is pivotal for early diagnosis, linkage to treatment, and interruption of transmission, while CD4 count and viral load guide clinical staging and monitoring. Research and care span virology, immunology, prevention, adherence, and the social and behavioral context that shapes risk and outcomes. The peer-reviewed research gathered here in the journal's HIV and infectious-disease corpus reflects these themes, including antioxidant status, CD4 cell count and viral load in patients on combination antiretroviral therapy, malaria and HIV co-infection effects on CD4 cells, cognitive functioning in adults aging with HIV, serodiscordant-couple prevalence patterns, knowledge and preventive-lifestyle studies among students, sociocultural barriers to care for HIV-affected children and orphans, clinical profiles and outcomes in hospitalized patients, and prevention efforts among adolescents. Together they situate HIV within both its biomedical mechanisms and its public-health response.
12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
The 12 articles above have been cited 75 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.
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