May 2014

In March and April 2015, the first community-based household survey was conducted in Rivercess County, Liberia, and it examined the collateral harm to maternal healthcare delivery services in areas impacted by the West African Ebola epidemic.

Men with HIV have more noncalcified plaque in their arteries than their uninfected counterparts.

Study results show hepatic decompensation is more common in people who have both HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) compared to those infected only with HCV, an indication that early HCV treatment among coinfected patients is needed.

During experiments with cell-to-cell and cell-free transmissions, researchers showed that existing drugs are effective in suppressing the spread of HIV.

Study results suggest that patients with long-term HIV who also have hemophilia may have an increased proportion of immune cells in their blood that target HIV.

Saliva tests for detecting anti–hepatitis C antibodies may not be as effective in patients who also have an HIV infection.

Scientists have mapped the structure of a hepatitis C virus surface protein that is responsible for binding to host liver cells, leading to virus entry.

Researchers safely infuse engineered immune cells in groundbreaking gene therapy study.