HIV & AIDS

Tat vaccine could provide a functional cure for HIV

February 18, 2019 // 0 Comments

Recipients of the vaccine develop characteristics of spontaneous ‘post-treatment controllers’, whose immune system can control the reactivation of HIV after discontinuing therapy; Frontiers in Immunology [...]

Challenges for sex workers in holding the line in condom use

January 10, 2019 // 0 Comments

Image of condoms. Research shows consistent condom use among Western Australian sex workers has declined over past decades: Frontiers in Public Health

Criminalization of sex work is a primary factor behind a decline in consistent condom use among sex workers in one Australian state: Frontiers in Public Health [...]

World AIDS Day 2015 – 1st December

December 1, 2015 // 0 Comments

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes HIV infection, which can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Since AIDS was clinically first observed in the USA [...]

World AIDS Day 2013

November 28, 2013 // 0 Comments

World AIDS Day, held every year on 1 December, is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV and AIDS. In this first of two blog posts dedicated to [...]

Professor John de Wit discusses HIV research and self-regulation

November 28, 2013 // 0 Comments

Frontiers presents an exclusive interview with Professor John de Wit, director of the Centre for Social Research in Health, Sydney, Australia. He recently joined Frontiers as [...]