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New HIV variant discovered in Holland
This variant (VB) is considered more virulent and infectious; however, current antiretroviral treatment is effective against it and slows down the...
AIDS and HIV infection
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Determinants associated with a severe form of COVID-19 in people living with HIV in Catalonia identified
The results show that people with HIV with chronic comorbidities and an unsuppressed HIV viral load could be at greater risk of developing severe C...
Research
Simplification of antiretroviral treatment will improve the quality of life of HIV patients
A trial carried out entirely in Catalonia has shown that therapy with dolutegravir plus lamivudine has an efficacy similar to that of triple therap...
Research
The clinical trial of the HIPRA vaccine against COVID-19 is progressing with the administration of the first doses to humans
This week the vaccine began to be administered to the first volunteers participating in Phase I/IIa of the trial at the Hospital Trueta in Girona a...
Healthcare
40 years of AIDS, the pandemic of the second half of the 20th century
5 June 2021 marks the 40th anniversary of the first description of cases of what would later be known as Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)....