Clinical and immunological features of the course of herpesviral diseases in HIV infection in children
Activation of herpesvirus infection in HIV-infected patients, in addition to a general increase in HIV replication, occurs with increased release of HIV virions in areas of herpetic skin rashes, which do not always have the appearance characteristic of herpes. The most important thing is that in this case particles of a mixed phenotype can be formed - HIV virions, "dressed” in the herpes shell. Such "camouflaged" particles, unlike ordinary HIV virions, are capable of infecting various types of cells, including epithelial cells and fibroblasts, thereby giving a productive HIV infection, that is, it becomes possible to become infected with HIV through contact with the skin and mucous membrane.