Byproducts from bacteria awaken dormant T-cells, HIV viruses
Monday, January 5, 2015 - 19:31
in Health & Medicine
Dental and medical researchers have discovered that byproducts of bacteria in gum disease, called metabolic small chain fatty acid, can work together to wake up HIV in dormant T-cells and cause the virus to replicate. Their findings help explain why people with the HIV -infections and periodontal disease have higher levels of the virus in their saliva than HIV patients with healthy gums.