Talk:HIV tropism

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[edit] General discussion of macrophages and HIV

I've removed a chunk of the article which didn't seem directly relevant to tropism, but just generally discussed the role of macrophages in HIV. The removed material is copied below.

Indeed, macrophages play a key role in several critical aspects of HIV disease. They appear to be the first cells infected by HIV and perhaps the very source of HIV production when CD4+ cells are markedly depleted in the patient. Macrophages and microglial cells are the cells infected by HIV in the central nervous system. In tonsils and adenoids of HIV-infected patients, macrophages fuse into multinucleated giant cells that produce copious amounts of virus.