GOOD NEWS: HIV’s rapid acceleration since the 1980s appears to have had the effect predicted by virologists and by evolutionary theory: In a new host, a virus’ capacity to cause disease and ultimately to kill its host diminishes over time...The findings also suggest that thwarting HIV transmission by treating highly symptomatic patients with drug cocktails puts additional selective pressure on the virus and decreases its replication ability, according to the study published online this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Posted on: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 03:33:22 +0000
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