Pulmonary Vascular Diseases Associated with Infectious Disease-Schistosomiasis and Human Immunodeficiency Viruses.
Clin Chest Med 2021;
42:71-80. [PMID:
33541618 DOI:
10.1016/j.ccm.2020.11.007]
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Abstract
A wide variety of infectious diseases are major contributors to the causation of pulmonary vascular disease and, consequently, pulmonary hypertension, especially in the developing world. Schistosomiasis and human immunodeficiency virus are the most common infections that are known to contribute to pulmonary hypertension worldwide. The resultant inflammation and immunologic milieu caused by infection are the main pathologic processes affecting the pulmonary vasculature.
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