title: Evidence for susceptibility of intrathymic T cell precursors to human immunodeficiency virus infection: a mechanism for T4 (CD4) lymphocyte depletion.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Schnittman
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Denning
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Greenhouse
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Justement
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baseler
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Haynes
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Fauci
mesh_terms: D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008231:Lymphopenia / Q000209:etiology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000382:microbiology