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Immunodeficiency-inducing retroviruses.

Curr Opin Immunol. 1993 Aug;5(4):595-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94030704
Joag SV; Narayan O; Laboratory of Viral Pathogenesis, Marion Merrell Dow Foundation,; Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City 66160-7424.

Abstract: The plethora of disease syndromes (dystrophy of various organ systems, malignancies and opportunistic infections) caused by HIV are all potentiated by the profound virus-induced immunosuppression that accompanies this infection. The mechanism of this severe immunosuppression is poorly understood and the subject is currently being pursued in studies of HIV-infected patients and in animals infected with other immunodeficiency-inducing retroviruses.
Keywords: Animal Disease Models, Animal Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes/*IMMUNOLOGY/MICROBIOLOGY Lentivirus/IMMUNOLOGY Retroviridae Infections/*IMMUNOLOGY Retroviruses, MLV-Related/IMMUNOLOGY Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW REVIEW, TUTORIALKWDanimaldiseasemodels,animalimmunologicdeficiencysyndromes/KWDimmunology/microbiologylentivirus/immunologyretroviridaeinfections/KWDimmunologyretroviruses,mlv-related/immunologysupport,uKWDsKWDgov't,pKWDhKWDsKWDjournalarticlereviewreview,tutorial
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