Article
Has HIV evolved to induce immune pathogenesis?
Trends in immunology - 1 Jul 2008
Bartha István, Simon Péter, Müller Viktor
Abstract excerpt
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) induces a chronic generalized activation of the immune system, which plays an important role in the pathogenesis of AIDS. This ability of the virus might either be an evolved (adaptive) trait or a coincidental side effect of jumping to a new host species. We arg...
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