获得免疫缺陷没有感染人类免疫缺陷病毒1型和2型感染的证据
J Laurence1, F P Siegal, E Schattner
1Laboratory for AIDS Virus Research, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY 10021.
Lancet (London, England)
|August 1, 1992
概括
研究人员确定了患有获得性免疫缺陷综合征 (艾滋病) 和严重的CD4细胞衰竭的个体,但没有人类免疫缺陷病毒 (HIV) 感染的证据. 这表明除了艾滋病毒之外,免疫缺陷的其他原因也可能存在.
科学领域:
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 病毒学 病毒学
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
背景情况:
- 获得性免疫缺陷综合征 (艾滋病) 主要与人类免疫缺陷病毒 (HIV) 感染有关.
- 之前的报告记录了罕见的免疫缺陷病例,没有可检测的HIV.
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