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What is tropism and how does it relate to HIV infection?

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What is tropism and how does it relate to HIV infection?

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HIV targets CD4+ (or T-helper) immune cells. Once inside, the virus reprograms the cell to begin replicating HIV, spreading copies of the virus throughout the body and depleting the supply of healthy CD4 cells necessary to fight infection.

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