HIV-Associated Hypertension: Risks, Mechanisms, and Knowledge Gaps
Prem Prakash,
Berwin Singh Swami Vetha,
Rajasree Chakraborty
et al.
Abstract:HIV type 1 (HIV-1) is the causative agent of AIDS. Since the start of the epidemic, HIV/AIDS has been responsible for ≈40 million deaths. Additionally, an estimated 39 million people are currently infected with the virus. HIV-1 primarily infects immune cells, such as CD
4+
(cluster of differentiation 4
+
) T lymphocytes (T cells), and as a consequence, the number of CD
4+
T cells progressively declines in people living with HIV. Within a s… Show more
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