title: The pathobiology of HIV infection. A review.
abstract: Human immunodeficiency virus selectively infects lymphocytes and macrophages resulting in profound immunosuppression leading to opportunistic infections. This review deals with the virus/cell interaction and explains the apparent paradox of the global immune defect in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome of a single subset of lymphocytes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Ohio.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D015497:HIV-1; D015498:HIV-2; D006801:Humans; D008264:Macrophages / Q000473:pathology; D009000:Monocytes / Q000473:pathology