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Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
- Source :
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American family physician [Am Fam Physician] 1984 Dec; Vol. 30 (6), pp. 131-44. - Publication Year :
- 1984
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Abstract
- A retrovirus designated HTLV-III has been recovered from patients with AIDS and patients with pre-AIDS syndrome. This virus, which appears to be the cause of AIDS, attacks and suppresses T-helper lymphocytes, rendering the host susceptible to a variety of serious protozoal, fungal, mycobacterial, bacterial and viral infections, as well as neoplasms. Pneumocystis carinii and cytomegalovirus are frequent causes of pulmonary infiltrates in AIDS.
- Subjects :
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome complications
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome etiology
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome immunology
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome pathology
Cytomegalovirus Infections etiology
Cytomegalovirus Infections immunology
Cytomegalovirus Infections pathology
Female
Homosexuality
Humans
Male
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis blood
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis immunology
Sarcoma, Kaposi blood
Sarcoma, Kaposi etiology
Sarcoma, Kaposi pathology
Substance-Related Disorders
Toxoplasmosis etiology
Toxoplasmosis pathology
Transfusion Reaction
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome microbiology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0002-838X
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- American family physician
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 6095629