Photograph of the sole of the foot of a person suffering from AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) showing skin lesions due to Kaposi's sarcoma,a hitherto unusual type of vascular cancer. Kaposi's sarcoma is common in homosexuals with AIDS,although it is rare in other risk groups - for reasons currently unknown (1987). The AIDS virus destroys T-helper lymphocytes,key cells in the orchestration of other cells of the immune system. Victims succumb to a number of opportunistic diseases related to defects in cell- mediated immunity | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / St. Mary's Hospital Medical School |
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