It takes years for AIDS to develop from the damage inflicted on the immune system by HIV or its simian counterpart. Surprisingly, as many as half of the body's memory T cells may die at a very early stage of infection.
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Johnson, R., Kaur, A. Viral blitzkrieg. Nature 434, 1080–1081 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/4341080a
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