Patterns of Neurodegeneration in HIV Encephalitis Page 1 Patterns of Neurodegeneration in
HIV Encephalitis Eliezer Masliah Nianfeng Ge Cristian L. Achim Richard DeTeresa Clayton A …

A variety of HIV-induced lesions of the central nervous system (CNS) have been described,
including HIV encephalitis, HIV leukoencephalopathy, axonal damage, and diffuse …

In the 1980s, after the HIV pandemic was recognised, neuropathology identified cerebral
white matter lesions that were found in the brains of infected persons with a severe …

Since the early 1980s there has been an increasing recognition of the importance of
involvement of the brain in HIV infection. It is now known that the brain is infected very early …

Approximately 20 years ago, the first autopsy series of AIDS patients were published and the
virus responsible for the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) was identified …

Objective Brain involvement is a serious complication of HIV infection. The earliest changes
in the brain, which represents an anatomic site for viral persistence, are largely unknown …

Rapid progress in the development of highly active antiretroviral therapy has changed the
observed patterns in HIV encephalitis and AIDS‐related CNS opportunistic infections. Early …

Infection with the human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) and acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome (AIDS) are a persistent health problem worldwide. HIV-1 seems to enter the brain …

Hallmarks of central nervous system (GNS) disease in AIDS patients are headaches, fever,
subtle cognitive changes, abnormal reflexes, and ataxia. Dementia and severe sensory and …

We examined 11 brains of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seropositive cases who
died from unnatural causes (10 intravenous drug abusers who died from heroin overdose …