Abstract
Human immunodeficiency virus is probably the only pathogen with diverse sites of affection in human body. Not a single organ system in particular is immune to its effects. Effects are caused either directly by the virus itself or more commonly, by virtue of so called opportunistic infections and malignancies
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Corresponding Author
Dr Kavita Krishna
Dept of General Medicine, Bharati Hospital and Research Centre
Dhankawadi, Pune
Maharashtra - 411043 India
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v4i1.25
