Human Immunodeficiency Virus And The Nervous System: An Update With Emphasis On Developing Countries

Abstract

Ten percent of patients that are diagnosed with AIDS also have some neurological complaint, 40% present neurological signs or symptoms during the course of the infection, and 80% of the autopsies present neurological alterations. Although much is known
about the neuropathology of HIV infection, many important questions on its neuropathogenesis remain unanswered.