HIV therapy protects the immune system by controlling the virus and preventing disease progression. This article takes a ...

The decision to discontinue primary or secondary prophylaxis for HIV-associated OIs should be made on a case-by-case basis. Continued surveillance and careful monitoring of patients who stop ...

Preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use increased between 2013 and 2023, according to a research letter published online Oct. 14 ...

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) and Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today ...

These opportunistic infections or cancers take advantage of a very weak ... is far advanced can live nearly as long as someone who does not have HIV. Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is a prescription ...

The primary outcome was a safety event (a composite of death from any cause, graft loss, serious adverse event, HIV breakthrough infection, persistent failure of HIV treatment, or opportunistic ...

You should be given drugs to prevent opportunistic infections (this is known as prophylaxis). Your CD4 count may be checked more often after cancer treatment than it would be normally. There can be ...

The CD4:CD8 ratio test judges the strength of your immune system and if you're at risk for opportunistic infections ... PrEP means pre-exposure prophylaxis. It's a pill or injection you take ...

CD4 cell counts can fall during COVID-19, so doctors should remember to give opportunistic infection prophylaxis if the CD4 cell count falls below 200. Further guidance on what to do if you are ...

The Department of Microbiology and Immunology has strong research programs in the areas of parasitic, viral and opportunistic infections ... HIV vaccine development for use in prevention an/or ...

AIDS increases the risk of opportunistic infections, those that happen more often or severely in people with weak immune systems than others. Several HIV-related health changes during chronic HIV ...

Fatal and serious infections (including bacterial, viral, or fungal infections) and opportunistic infections ... reactivation have occurred. Consider prophylaxis for herpes simplex virus ...