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High HIV Levels Shut Down Anti-HIV Immune Responses.(Brief Article)

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| December 11, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2009 NewsRX. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

2001 DEC 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research suggests that HIV specific T cells persist in infected individuals, but high virus levels can diminish the ability of those cells to respond to infection.

The report sheds new light on how HIV evades the immune system and establishes long-term infections. The research appears in the November 20, 2001, issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA.

"HIV infection not only destroys the body's resistance to other pathogens, but it can manipulate the immune system for its own survival," says Anthony S. Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases…

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