Does AIDS cause leukopenia?
AIDS is the end stage of a clinical condition caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, and the unique thing about this virus is that it infects white blood cells, especially T-lymphocytes, causing their destruction. This causes a variety of symptoms and increased susceptibility to certain infections and cancers.
The progression of the disease and the response to therapy is largely measured by the T-lymphocyte count or what we call a CD4 count. CD being the cluster of differentiation or an “ID” for a certain type of T-lymphocytes.