The progression of HIV as an infectious agent makes it especially elusive to medical control. On arrival in the human body the HIV virus takes three to four hours to alert the host's immune system, which produces killer T-cells in response. Research continues into preventative vaccines. You have to consider it as a fatal illness but we are looking at indefinite survival rates as long as we can drive the virus down. Patients commonly take 20 capsules or more each day, and despite side effects, which include skin rash and lypodistrophy, their health remains intact.
Treatment comes at a price.
In the UK it costs 9,000 a year. A recent announcement by five major drug companies, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Glaxo Wellcome, Merck, Boehringer Ingelheim and Roche, that they will reduce their drug prices for developing nations has done little to console doctors who see their patients die for lack of funds. They point out that, were it not for world trade regulations, they could obtain generic drugs even cheaper from countries such as Brazil, India, and Thailand, whose laws disregard many drug patents. The kindest cut Male circumcision has been cited as one factor which protects against aids transmission. A recent study tracked 15,127 Ugandans over 30 months.