Military metaphors are pervasive in biomedicine, including HIV research. Rooted in the mind
set that regards pathogens as enemies to be defeated, terms such as “shock and kill” have …

Introduction Stakeholder engagement is an essential component of HIV clinical trials. We
define stakeholder engagement as an input by individuals or groups with an interest in HIV …

Researchers have been exploring the possibility of a correlation between male circumcision
and lowered risk of HIV infection almost since the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. 1 …

The human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)
pandemic, and responses to it, have exposed clear political, social and economic inequities …

Through its adoption of the biomedical model of disease which promotes medical
individualism and its reliance on the individual-based anthropology, mainstream bioethics …

Background HIV testing programs in the United States aim to reach ethnic minority
populations who experience high incidence of HIV, yet 40% of African Americans have …

Introduction Participation in early-phase HIV cure studies includes clinical risks with little to
no likelihood of clinical benefit. Examining the willingness of people living with HIV to …

Public voices have largely been absent from the discussions about open access publishing
in medical research. Yet the public have a strong interest in ensuring open access of …

Strategies to control HIV in the absence of antiretroviral therapy are needed to cure HIV.
However, such strategies will require analytical treatment interruptions (ATIs) to determine …

In recent years, phylogenetic analysis of HIV sequence data has been used in research
studies to investigate transmission patterns between individuals and groups, including …