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Severe genital herpes infections in HIV-infected individuals with impaired herpes simplex virus-specific CD8 <sup>+</sup> cytotoxic T lymphocyte responses
16 Sept 1997
Abstract excerpt
The specific mechanisms underlying the varied susceptibility of HIV-infected (HIV+) individuals to opportunistic infections (OI) are still incompletely understood. One hypothesis is that quantitative differences in specific T cell responses to a colonizing organism determine the development of an AIDS-defining OI. We evaluated this hypothesis for herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection, a common OI in HIV+ patients....
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