Access to effective affordable contraception is critical for individual and public health. A wide
range of hormonal contraceptives (HCs), which differ in composition, concentration of the …

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is still one of the major global health issues, and
despite significant efforts that have been put into studying the pathogenesis of HIV infection …

The latent reservoir is a major barrier to HIV cure. As latently infected cells cannot be
phenotyped directly, the features of the in vivo reservoir have remained elusive. Here, we …

Current approaches to reducing the latent HIV reservoir entail first reactivating virus-
containing cells to become visible to the immune system. A critical second step is killing …

HIV-1 spreads through both the release of cell-free particles and by cell-to-cell transmission.
Mounting evidence indicates that cell-to-cell transmission is more efficient than cell-free …

The female reproductive tract (FRT) is the most common site of infection during HIV
transmission to women, but viral remodeling complicates characterization of cells targeted …

In the context of HIV sexual transmission at the genital mucosa, initial interactions between
the virus and the mucosal immunity determine the outcome of the exposure. Hence, these …

While significant progress has been made in terms of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
therapy, treatment does not represent a cure and remains inaccessible to many people …

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the most common cause of acute viral hepatitis worldwide. The
tropism of HEV is not restricted to the liver, and the virus replicates in other organs. Not all …

Profound loss of CD4+ T cells, progressive impairment of the immune system, inflammation,
and sustained immune activation are the characteristics of human immunodeficiency virus‐1 …