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Research and information about the biology and mechanisms of HIV transmission, including the precise conditions in which HIV can or cannot be passed on.

The biology of HIV transmission

HPV increases the risk of HIV acquisition among women in sub-Saharan Africa

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13 April 2022
The biology of HIV transmission

A third of new sexually transmitted HIV infections directly due to infection with herpes simplex

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20 January 2020
The biology of HIV transmission

Natural selection is leading to more transmissible HIV in United States

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8 January 2020
The biology of HIV transmission

Rectal douching by MSM associated with increased odds of infection with HIV and STIs

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28 May 2019
HIV prevention policy

HIV and schistosomiasis programmes should be combined to reduce the spread of HIV

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15 January 2019
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

‘Negligible’ risk of HIV transmission with a suppressed viral load, Canadian public health officials tell prosecutors

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23 November 2018
Low & theoretical transmission risks

HIV cannot be transmitted by spitting, and risk from biting is negligible, says detailed case review

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8 May 2018
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

Age difference in HIV infection matters – but it’s not always the younger person who is at risk

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19 March 2018
Transgender people

Transgender women in Los Angeles are more likely to be in high HIV incidence clusters than any other group

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7 March 2018
Women

Study finds that women are much more vulnerable to HIV infection during pregnancy and in the months after giving birth

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5 March 2018
Contraception

Withdrawing Depo-Provera contraceptives would result in more lives lost than HIV infections prevented

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11 January 2018
PrEP science

Amsterdam PrEP failure patient had unusual course of HIV infection

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2 October 2017
How HIV works

HIV’s milder cousin may be less mild than previously thought

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2 March 2017
Epidemiology & behaviour

One in five ‘heterosexual’ men in the UK caught their HIV from another man

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18 February 2017
PrEP science

Unique case of PrEP failure without drug resistance reported from Amsterdam

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17 February 2017
The biology of HIV transmission

Vaginal and rectal bacteria may have a big influence on HIV transmission and microbicide efficacy

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20 October 2016
Contraception

Most contraceptives not linked to HIV infection, but Depo-Provera may raise risk

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17 August 2016
Vaginal rings & topical PrEP

Vaginal bacteria increase HIV susceptibility and may reduce PrEP effectiveness

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15 August 2016
The biology of HIV transmission

HIV-infected vaginal cells do not transmit HIV if plasma viral load is undetectable, researchers find

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15 February 2016
Resistance

Transmitted HIV drug resistance is persistent but is not harming treatment responses in the UK

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3 June 2015
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

Second analysis concludes that we can't eliminate the long-term possibility of HIV transmission from someone on treatment

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31 May 2014
Contraception

Contraceptive injections and HIV infection risk – a public health conundrum

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10 March 2013
Circumcision

Circumcision makes no difference to HIV infection in UK gay men

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14 February 2013
The biology of HIV transmission

Low levels of innate immune activation and high levels of gut antibodies may protect people from HIV

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24 August 2012