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Tuberculosis Treatment in HIV Infected Ugandans with C
Background Both HIV and TB cause a state of heightened immune activation. Immune activation in HIV is associated with progression to AIDS. Prior studies, focusing on persons with advanced HIV, have shown no decline in markers of cellular activation in response to TB therapy alone.
Psychologist Lera Boroditsky says she's "interested in how the languages we speak shape the way we think" [1]. This statement seems so innocent, and yet it implies that language definitely does shape thought 1 . It also leads us to use a metaphor with "shape." Causes and Dependencies Does language cause thought? Or at least in part?