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This article is from the AIDS FAQ, by
Dan Greening with numerous contributions by others.
3.4. AIDS and Opportunistic Infections.
AIDS and Opportunistic Infections
NIAID BACKGROUNDER: Office of Communications, National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda, Maryland 20892 - September 1993 Opportunistic infections
(OIs) cause most of the illnesses and deaths among people infected
with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) leads the way in U.S. research
on these life-threatening infections. As part of the NIAID effort,
investigators are defining the optimal therapies, alone and in
combination, to prevent and treat OIs. They seek ways to identify
infections earlier and recognize resistance to therapies more quickly.
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