The pathogenesis of HIV disease.
HIV disease is caused by human adapted Lentiviruses, a family of mammalian retroviruses that use the immune systems of their hosts to persist and, as their name implies (lenti = slow), to produce a disease state over long periods of time. The pathogenesis of HIV infections is now known in enough detail to make decisions about intervening in the course of the disease.
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