Correlation of nutritional status and in vivo activation of immune response in HIV+ hemophiliacs. II: Soluble interleukin-2 receptor. (Research Report)

AUTHORS: S. Kuvibidila, R.P. Warrier, R. Sharma and V.A. Andes. Louisiana State University Medical Center and Tulane Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.

According to an abstract submitted by the authors to a joint conference sponsored by the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation, Southern Section of the American Federation for Clinical Research, Southern Society for Pediatric Research and Southern Region of the Society for Investigative Dermatology, held in New Orleans, Louisiana, "It has been shown that in vivo immune activation plays an important role on the pathogenesis of HIV infection and that severe wasting is a common characteristic of AIDS. The …