Document 0051
 DOCN  M9470051
 TI    Mucosal origin of AIDS.
 DT    9409
 AU    Bourinbaiar AS; Department of Pediatrics, NYU Medical Center, NY 10016.
 SO    Med Hypotheses. 1994 Jan;42(1):43-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94254744
 AB    The natural history of AIDS implies sexual and breast-milk transmission
       of HIV across the mucosal lining of digestive and reproductive organs.
       Intraepithelial mucosal lymphocytes specialized in handling foods,
       air-borne, and microbial pathogens crossing the mucosal barrier
       represent up to 90% of immunocompetent cells in a human body.
       Enteropathy and respiratory infections, the main symptoms and cause of
       death in AIDS, are attributed to the failure of mucosal immunity.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/IMMUNOLOGY/*TRANSMISSION  Digestive
       System  Genitalia  Human  Milk, Human/MICROBIOLOGY  Mucous
       Membrane/IMMUNOLOGY/*MICROBIOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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