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The pathobiology of HIV infection. A review
1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
|March 1, 1990
Abstract:
Human immunodeficiency virus selectively infects lymphocytes and macrophages resulting in profound immunosuppression leading to opportunistic infections. This review deals with the virus/cell interaction and explains the apparent paradox of the global immune defect in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome of a single subset of lymphocytes.