The Science of HIV

Explore the science of HIV.

The science of HIV

First noticed amongst gay men in California and New York, now threatening to wipe a generation from many nations in Africa. What is AIDS?

The next question

HIV was identified as the virus which lead to AIDS - but that was the beginning of the story. Is HIV just like any other virus? What is HIV?

What does HIV do?

Some viruses are more deadly than others - what does HIV do?

No easy answers

If we know so much about HIV already, why is a cure so difficult to find?

The crucible of crisis

It appears to have come from nowhere - it may have first jumped into the human species as early 1930s; HIV is similar to a virus found in simians - explore the origins.

Counting the crisis

Global challenges

Taking it further

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