Scientists may have found a way to sabotage that ultimate saboteur, HIV. The crafty virus, which invades a healthy immune cell, replicates itself, then moves on to infect others, has been a challenge to combat, mainly because it has evolved into such an efficient virus. So researchers are taking a more direct approach - they're stopping the virus through simple starvation.
Officials report 84 confirmed and five preliminary positive cases of HIV in south-eastern Indiana
The study examined longitudinal data from across the US, incorporating epidemic history, HIV prevalence rate, history of prevention programming, and socioeconomic contexts
