Our HIV / AIDS Glossary of terms contains definitions for terms you need to know.
HIV / AIDS Origins
Want to know where HIV / AIDS came from? Keep reading.
Basic Genetics of Genomes
The basic genetic structure of all animal retroviruses is the same. They all contain retroviral RNA sequences that code for the same three genes abbreviated GAG, POL and ENV. Flanking each end of the retroviral genome is a sequence of similar nucleotides called long terminal repeats or redundancies (LTR).
HIV / AIDS Timeline
Our timeline covers the early days of HIV / AIDS but will be updated to cover major current day events.