HTLV-III-like particles within a cell process surrounded by a myelin sheath in an AIDS brain.
HTLV-III-like particles were observed within a cell process surrounded by a myelin sheath, in the brain of a 4-year-old boy with AIDS encephalopathy. Similar particles were also observed in the mononuclear macrophage-like cells.
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006678:HIV / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009186:Myelin Sheath / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure