(HIV)

Mia R Woloszyn1, Robert F Duffy2, Warren R Heymann2

  • 1Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Scranton, PA; mwoloszyn@som.geisinger.edu.

Skinmed
|November 9, 2023
PubMed
概括

人类免疫缺陷病毒 (HIV) 是一种透视病毒,通过感染CD4 T淋巴细胞来攻击免疫系统,可能会发展为艾滋病. 艾滋病毒感染可以出现类似流感的症状或模仿其他疾病,如牛皮.

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