World AIDS Day every year on December 1st, serves as a reminder of the importance of awareness, prevention, and collective action against HIV.<\/p>\n
HIV is a virus that attacks the immune system, gradually destroying CD4+ T lymphocytes. A severe reduction of these cells significantly weakens the body’s defenses and can lead to AIDS, the advanced stage of the infection.<\/p>\n
When CD4+ T lymphocytes fall below 200\/mm\u00b3, the immune system is considered severely weakened, even if no obvious infections are present.<\/p>\n
Acute Infection (2\u20136 weeks after exposure)<\/strong><\/p>\n Fever, fatigue, headache, sore throat, lymphadenopathy.<\/p>\n In some patients, symptoms may be mild or even absent.<\/p>\n Lasts up to 10 years or more.<\/p>\n HIV slowly destroys CD4+ T lymphocytes without obvious symptoms.<\/p>\n AIDS (Advanced Stage)<\/strong><\/p>\n Low CD4+ count (<200\/mm\u00b3).<\/p>\n Symptoms: fever, fatigue, weight loss, myalgia, diarrhea, skin rashes, oral\/esophageal fungal infections, herpes infections.<\/p>\n HIV is transmitted through specific body fluids (blood, semen, vaginal\/rectal fluids, and breast milk), mainly through:<\/p>\n Unprotected sexual contact<\/p>\n Sharing contaminated sharp objects<\/p>\n From mother to child<\/p>\n It is not transmitted through casual social contact, shared food, or insects.<\/p>\n Detection of HIV antibodies in the blood.<\/p>\n PCR for detecting the virus’s genetic material (RNA).<\/p>\n Rapid tests using a small amount of blood or saliva (laboratory confirmation required).<\/p>\n HIV treatment is carried out with a combination of antiretroviral drugs (HAART), which prevent the virus from multiplying and slow the progression of the disease, allowing patients to live with HIV as a chronic condition.<\/p>\n Prevention is based on consistent condom use, avoiding the sharing of sharp objects, regular testing for HIV\/STIs, and public education aimed at reducing social stigma.<\/p>\n Greece:<\/strong> Among the new HIV diagnoses: 37.3%<\/strong> were transmitted through sexual contact between men, 14.4%<\/strong> through heterosexual sexual contact, 12.6%<\/strong> through sharing intravenous drugs, 35.7%<\/strong> of cases had an undetermined mode of transmission.<\/p>\n By October 31, 2025<\/strong>, a total of 21,815<\/strong> cases had been diagnosed in Greece (including AIDS cases). Of these, 82%<\/strong> were men.<\/p>\n At BioARS Therapeutics<\/strong>, we support every effort to raise awareness, promote prevention, and eliminate the stigma surrounding HIV. December 1st serves as a reminder of the importance of awareness, prevention, and collective action against HIV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bioarstherapeutics.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bioarstherapeutics.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bioarstherapeutics.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bioarstherapeutics.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bioarstherapeutics.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1013"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/bioarstherapeutics.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1056,"href":"https:\/\/bioarstherapeutics.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1013\/revisions\/1056"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bioarstherapeutics.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bioarstherapeutics.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bioarstherapeutics.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bioarstherapeutics.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Asymptomatic Phase<\/strong><\/h4>\n
\nHIV Transmission<\/strong><\/h4>\n
\nDiagnosis<\/strong><\/h4>\n
\nTreatment\/Prevention<\/strong><\/h4>\n
\nEpidemiological Data<\/strong><\/h4>\n
\nIn 2025<\/strong>, 526<\/strong> new HIV cases were diagnosed and reported, of which 420 (79.9%) were men and 106 (20.1%) were women.<\/p>\n
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\nWorld AIDS Day<\/strong> is an opportunity to remember that the fight is not over \u2014 but together, we can move closer to the goal of ending the epidemic by 2030.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"