Moderate gum disease causes severe infection and inflammation in AIDS animal model

Texas Biomed scientists in San Antonio have found that moderate gum disease in an animal model exposed to an AIDS- like virus had more viral variants causing infection and greater in​flammation. Both of these features have potential negative implications in long term disease progression, including other kinds of infections, the researchers say in a new report.

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