AIDS virus

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AIDS virus

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This could well give rise to a new pharmaceutical drug, which makes the membranes more rigid and impede the entrance of the AIDS virus.

Now, an 'armour' to avoid infection from AIDS virus

These two scientists captured the AIDS virus from patient samples, a huge step toward developing a test for the virus and gaining the first understanding of its biological features.

The Nobel Prize backstories

Living with the AIDS Virus is a fine account of India's response to the epidemic.

Samiran Panda, Anindya Chatterjee, Abu S. Abdul-Quader (eds.). Living with the AIDS Virus: The Epidemic and the Response in India

Investigators said Williams traded drugs for sex with young women and teenagers he approached in schools and parks and infected at least nine of his partners with the Aids virus.

Man jailed for spreading Aids virus

(The AIDS virus, in contrast, survives only in body fluids.)

To kill a killer?

Leaving aside this quality control question, it is important to know whether latex films of condom thickness which are made properly, contain pores of a size which could allow passage of the AIDS virus.

Latex films are barriers to viruses

Gallo, "The AIDS Virus," Scientific American, 256, 1987, 146-56.

Pathogenic microorganisms: law enforcement's silent enemies

Babies born to addicted mothers may be infected with the AIDS virus, and some will be born prematurely, with serious health problems that consume health care resources.

Health care costs tied to many issues

More than 1.5 million Americans may have been infected with the AIDS virus; AIDS cost the United States more than $50 billion in 1991; more Americans have died from AIDS than during the Vietnam and Korean Wars combined; and 68% of businesses have no HIV/AIDS policy.

It doesn't stop with Magic

The AIDS virus makes you unable to fight other diseases that invade your body.

AIDS and you: separating fact from fiction about the disease and how it affects you

Initial reporting of AIDS occurred in the United States, but AIDS and the spread of the AIDS virus is an international problem.

Surgeon General's report on acquired immune deficiency syndrome

In the last 9 months he has had three blood tests for the antibodies that signal infection with the AIDS virus. All the tests were negative.