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; 40present neurological signs or symptoms during the course of the infection; and 80of the autopsies present neurological alterations. Although much is known about the neuropathology of HIV infection; many important questions on its neuropathogenesis remain unanswered