Discover how UCSF is leading the charge in Long COVID research, uncovering key findings that advance our understanding of the condition. UCSF researchers have adapted innovative tools and ...

HIV virus Researchers evaluated the prevalence of chronic pain among women with HIV infection in a systematic review and meta-analysis. Approximately one-third of women with HIV infection reported ...

Because both HIV and chronic helminth infections significantly alter the host immune system, shifting the balance between Th1 and Th2 activation, coinfection with HIV and different helminth species ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- NeuroHIV refers to the effects of HIV infection on the brain or central nervous system and, to some extent, the spinal cord and peripheral nervous system. A collection of diseases ...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a germ that causes a lifelong infection that slowly weakens the immune system. Though the infection is lifelong, medicines can keep the virus in check and help ...

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes healthy adults to become immunosuppressed, integrates its viral genetic code into the genome of the immune CD4+ T cells. While ...

HIV symptoms vary depending on the stage of infection, which are acute, chronic, and AIDS. During the acute infection stage, flu-like symptoms of fever, fatigue, and swollen lymph nodes may occur.

After four decades of hard-won progress toward curbing the HIV epidemic, the face of the disease is changing.

The components of TAF/FTC and TDF/FTC have activity against hepatitis B virus (HBV). When persons with chronic HBV infection are prescribed TDF/FTC or TAF/FTC, these agents will also have an effect on ...

Researchers at the Monash University Biomedicine Discovery Institute have identified a previously unknown type of immune system memory B cell (MBC) that can cause poor antibody responses in chronic ...