Smoking, a hazard for the general population, may be a major risk factor in HIV infection. Smoking is known to upregulate HIV replication, enhance the risk of accelerated atherosclerosis, etc.Moreover, the smoking-induced pulmonary iron loading may predispose HIV-infected persons to an increased risk of infection by a large variety of obligatory and facultative intracellular pathogens. HIV-infected persons should therefore be strongly advised to refrain from smoking.
Cryptococcosis and smoking: The potential role of iron / Boelaert, Jr; Blasi, Elisabetta. - In: THE JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. - ISSN 0022-1899. - STAMPA. - 180:(1999), pp. 1412-1413.
Cryptococcosis and smoking: The potential role of iron
BLASI, Elisabetta
1999
Abstract
Smoking, a hazard for the general population, may be a major risk factor in HIV infection. Smoking is known to upregulate HIV replication, enhance the risk of accelerated atherosclerosis, etc.Moreover, the smoking-induced pulmonary iron loading may predispose HIV-infected persons to an increased risk of infection by a large variety of obligatory and facultative intracellular pathogens. HIV-infected persons should therefore be strongly advised to refrain from smoking.
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