Where does HIV hide? A focus on the central nervous system

Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 165-169

  Churchill, Melissa ^a,b   Nath, Avindra ^c  

^a BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

astrocytes; brain; dementia; HIV; microglia; mutations; reservoirs; viral evolution

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL CONTACT; CELL POPULATION; CYTOPATHOLOGY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; MACROPHAGE; MICROGLIA; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; REVIEW; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ENTRY; VIRUS MUTATION;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VIRAL DISEASES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 84876410605     PISSN: 1746630X     EISSN: 17466318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COH.0b013e32835fc601     Document Type: Review

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