All about HIV/AIDS with Michaela Müller-Trutwin

Although there have been considerable advances in treatment, HIV continues to be a serious problem, especially in the terminal phase of the disease in the absence of treatment, known as AIDS. HIV/AIDS is currently one of the leading causes of death worldwide for adolescents and women of childbearing age.

Michaela Müller-Trutwin, Head of HIV, Inflammation and Persistence Unit (Institut Pasteur), answers all our questions about the HIV virus and AIDS:

• What causes AIDS?
• What are the symptoms of the infection?
• How is HIV transmitted?
• How to get tested
• What are the treatments against HIV?
• How can I protect myself from infection?