WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The AIDS virus hides out inside people's intestines, researchers said on Saturday in a report that offers new understanding of the incurable infection.
The virus replicates in the lining of the gut and does much of its damage to the immune system there, Satya Dandekar, chairwoman of the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of California Davis Health System, and colleagues reported.
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