HIV infection is the condition resulting from invasion of the immune system by the human immunodeficiency virus, which targets CD4-positive T lymphocytes and, if untreated, progressively impairs cell-mediated immunity and culminates in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome with susceptibility to opportunistic infection…
HIV infection is the condition resulting from invasion of the immune system by the human immunodeficiency virus, which targets CD4-positive T lymphocytes and, if untreated, progressively impairs cell-mediated immunity and culminates in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome with susceptibility to opportunistic infections and cancers. The virus is transmitted through unprotected sexual contact, exposure to infected blood, and from mother to child during pregnancy, delivery, or breastfeeding. Although infection is lifelong, combination antiretroviral therapy can suppress viral replication, preserve immune function, and render the virus untransmittable when viral load is undetectable, shifting HIV toward a manageable chronic condition. Effective control depends on diagnosis, linkage and adherence to treatment, prevention of onward transmission, and attention to the behavioral and social factors shaping risk. The peer-reviewed research gathered here in the journal's HIV and infectious-disease corpus reflects these themes, including CD4 count and viral load in patients on combination antiretroviral therapy, serodiscordant-couple prevalence patterns, clinical profiles and outcomes in hospitalized patients, pre-exposure prophylaxis adherence and healthcare-worker attitudes, the influence of sexual behavior on condom use, psychosocial predictors of abstinence, sociocultural barriers to care, treatment-adherence determinants, and barriers to screening and linkage to prophylaxis. Together they situate HIV infection within its biomedical course and the systems needed to diagnose, treat, and prevent it.
12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
The 12 articles above have been cited 55 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.
A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Hiv Infections, linking to each citing work.