It’s yet another illustration of the remarkable ability of the AIDS virus to exploit the immune system that seeks to destroy it. To find the so-called T cells that it most commonly infects, HIV seems to hitch a ride on specialized immune cells that patrol the body’s mucus membranes, scientists report. These sentinels may also enable the virus to more easily infect its target cells.
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