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February 2001 Cover
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Researchers have found that HIV can directly infect human kidney cells. Scientists discovered the infected kidney cells in HIV-positive African Americans who had kidney disease related to their immuno-compromised
status. There was evidence of HIV activity in the patients' kidneys, even when the virus was suppressed to undetectable levels in the blood using antiretroviral therapy. If other cells besides T cells carry HIV, finding other
treatments will be more difficult, the researchers reported.
Editor's Note: from Reuters Health Info Services
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