AIDS research and human retroviruses

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and the ensuing acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) disproportionally affect young women, yet understanding of the factors promoting heterosexual transmission in the female genital tract is…

Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) probably originate from ancient germ cell infections by exogenous retroviruses. A high expression of retroviruses in reproductive tissue increases the risk of viral transmission to germ line cells. We therefor…

Tropical spastic paraparesis or HTLV-I-associated myelopathy is a progressive spastic disorder associated with the human T-lymphotropic virus type I. Some cases have responded to prednisone. Danazol is an attenuated androgen with minimal vi…