The hypothesis that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a new, sexually transmitted virus that causes AIDS has been entirely unproductive in terms of public health benefits. Moreover, it fails to predict the epidemiology of AIDS, the annual AIDS risk and the very heterogeneous AIDS diseases of infected persons. The correct hypothesis must explain why: (1) AIDS includes 25 previously known dis...

The development of a safe and effective vaccine against infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is of paramount importance to the prevention of AIDS worldwide. Although a great deal has been learned about HIV in a few short years, the development of an AIDS vaccine has proved to be extremely difficult. The lack of an appropriate animal model for AIDS, the absence of a defined protec...

Within 5 years of infection with the virus, 25% of people have developed full blown AIDS and all of them die. The ultimate mortality within 20 years of infection is unknown as the virus has been spreading for only 10 years. Many virologists now accept the pessimistic view that all people infected with the virus will eventually be killed by it. All virologists are agreed that once infected with ...

OBJECTIVE to relate the perception of health in adolescents living with HIV/AIDS with possible strategies to reduce the spread of the virus. METHOD qualitative, descriptive exploratory study, developed in the Specialized Assistance Services in the countryside of Rio Grande do Sul, with 15 adolescents living with HIV/AIDS. Information was collected in 2013, through semi-structured interview an...