PATHOPHYSIOLOGY HIV primarily infects T lymphocytes that express the CD4 antigen,
resulting in a progressive loss of these cells and impairment of cellular immunity as well as …

The human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infects and replicated mainly in CD4+ T
lymphocytes making the CD4+ T cells an important marker for disease progression and for …

HIV, the etiologic agent of the AIDS pandemic, has continued to spread internationally. The
prevalence of HIV among women will continue to grow, placing increased numbers of …

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus acquired by direct inoculation of infected
bodily fluids. This is most often during sexual intimacy, but may also result from …

A pregnant woman experiences selective immunosuppression as a physiologic response to
the presence of a genetically heterologous fetus. Case reports early in the acquired …

Human Immune Deficiency Virus Infection Page 1 Human immune deficiency virus infection
Howard Minkoff 301 CHAPTER 46 INTRODUCTION The remarkable pace of antiretroviral drug …

The HIV/AIDS epidemic is one of the major factors affecting women's health, with 20 million
women living with HIV and more than two million pregnancies in HIV-positive women each …

OBJECTIVE: To study the prognostic role of pregnancy on the progression of human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. METHODS: In a prospective cohort study at the …

The world's medical community first became aware of what is now known as acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) more than three decades ago, when an epidemic of …

La concreción del deseo de maternidad por parte de una mujer infectada por el virus de la
inmunodeficiencia humana (VIH) ocupa hoy día un lugar muy importante. Los tratamientos …