Acute HIV infection with rapid progression to AIDS

Acute HIV infection is rarely recognized as the signs and symptoms are normally unspecific and can persist for days or weeks. The normal HIV course is characterized by a progressive loss of CD4+ cells, which normally leads to severe immunodeficiency after a variable time interval. The mean time from...

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Main Authors: Marcio de Oliveira Silva, Milena Bastos, Eduardo Martins Netto, Nancy Alves de Lima Gouvea, Alex Jose Leite Torres, Esper Kallas, David I Watkins, Marcus Altfeld, Carlos Brites
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
HIV
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000300016&lng=en&tlng=en