HIV/AIDS
Study Data from Louisiana State University Provide New Insights into HIV/AIDS
Published in AIDS Weekly, April 30th, 2012
2012 APR 30 -- New investigation results, "Candida-host interactions in HIV disease: implications for oropharyngeal candidiasis," are detailed in a study published in Advances In Dental Research. According to the authors of a study from New Orleans, Louisiana, "Oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC), caused primarily by Candida albicans, is the most common oral infection in HIV(+) persons. Although Th1-type CD4(+) T cells are the predominant host defense mechanism against OPC, CD8(+) T cells and epithelial cells become important when blood CD4(+) T cells are reduced below a protective threshold during progression to AIDS."
"In an early...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2012-04-30)
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