HIV Invades Healthy Vaginal Skin Cells (IMAGE)

Northwestern University

HIV Invades Healthy Vaginal Skin Cells

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This illustration shows how the HIV virus slips between loosely connected skin cells to reach its immune cell targets such as the Langerhans cells (orange), macrophages (purple), dendritic cells (green) and CD4 positive T cells (blue).

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Ann Carias

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