Example sentences for: immunodeficiency

How can you use “immunodeficiency” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • A prime example is the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which is a lentivirus that causes the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

  • They usually produce inaparent infection or transient immune compromise in otherwise healthy hosts but are able to cause life-threatening primary or reactivated infections in individuals with congenital or acquired T-cell immunodeficiencies [ 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ] . The spectrum of diseases caused by lymphotropic herpesviruses is well documented in patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation (BMT) [ 8 9 10 11 ] or organ transplantation [ 12 13 ] and in individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) [ 14 15 ] . In patients undergoing conventional anticancer therapy without BMT, the data focusing on EBV, CMV or HHV-6 infection are scarcely documented and mostly reported as individual cases [ 16 17 18 19 ] . With combined diagnostic approach of serology and viral DNA detection we performed a prospective study of children undergoing non-BMT therapy for cancer to demostrate the incidence of LH infections.

  • PH, pleckstrin homology; PI3K, phosphoinositide 3-Kinase; SH2, Src homology-2, SH3, Src homology-3; XLA, X-linked agammaglobulinemia; xid ; x-linked immunodeficiency; TCR, T cell receptor; sIgM, surface immunoglobulin M; (GAP), GTPase-Activating Protein; GST, Glutathione S-Transferase; SDS, Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate; PBS, phosphate buffered saline; NP40, Nonidet P-40; PAGE, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.

  • To overcome this problem, CAP in a micronized form was used and proven to have virucidal activity against HIV-1 IIIB [ 31 ] and shown to be effective in reducing vaginal infection by simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) in a macaque model [ 34 ] . Micronized CAP provides a low pH buffering system and this may have contributed to its virucidal properties.

  • Bloom syndrome (BS) is a rare cancer-prone autosomal recessive disorder characterized by genomic instability, immunodeficiency, infertility and small stature [ 1, 2].


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