Examination of the effects of three new drugs shows that the destruction of the immune system in AIDS reflects fulminant HIV production, which eventually overwhelms the immune system's prodigious powers of regeneration.
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Short, N. A fight to the death. Nat Med 1, 122–124 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0295-122
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