Molecular changes in brain fluid give insight into brain-damaging disease
Monday, June 2, 2008 - 16:35
in Health & Medicine
Soon after an individual becomes infected with HIV the virus infects cells in the brain and spinal cord (the central nervous system [CNS]). Although this causes no immediate problems, during the late-stages of disease it can cause dementia and encephalitis (acute inflammation of the brain that can cause death).
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