This image reveals the presence of mature forms of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a retrovirus, was identified in 1983 as the etiologic agent for the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). AIDS is characterized by changes in the population of T-cell lymphocytes that play a key role in the immune defense system. In the infected individual, the virus causes a depletion of subpopulation of T-cells, called T-helper cells, which leaves these patients susceptible to opportunistic infections and certain malignancies.
Date: 1983
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Image storage: VEC/ GHO storage
Support File: CD_124_DH/ 072
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/dhap.htm
URL Title: CDC National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
