Transmission

Key Molecule Discovered In Transmission of AIDS Virus

Published in AIDS Weekly, March 13th, 2000

Scientists have discovered a key molecule that the AIDS virus uses to hijack a special type of cell in the body's outermost tissues, providing vital information into how the virus is first transmitted in the body. The molecule transports the virus to immune system tissues, and actually facilitates infection.

The findings, by scientists at New York University School of Medicine and University Hospital Nijemgen in The Netherlands, provide a new explanation as to how the virus gets into the body and makes its way to tissues where immune system cells reside. The AIDS virus then infects immune cells and eventually overwhelms the body's ability to fight infection.

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2000-03-13)

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