Is HIV superinfection a real concern for the positive community?

The Positive Partners study will find out!

What is the Positive Partners study?
The Positive Partners study is examining the possibility that someone already living with HIV could be infected with another strain of the virus. This is called HIV superinfection.

If superinfection does occur, it raises other questions important to people living with HIV. Could the new viral strain be more powerful than the first and could it result in faster progression to HIV-related complications? Also, could the new strain already be drug-resistant, making those drugs ineffective against HIV?

Positive Partners hopes to find out whether superinfection really happens and, if so, whether it makes a difference in people's struggles with HIV. The results will help people living with HIV to make more informed decisions about their treatment and sex lives. More…