<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> The enteropathy that occurs in AIDS is a complex process that may be the result of may abnormalities including infections, HIV viral infection itself, and autoimmune processes that occur due to the dysregulation of the immune system. There are some slight similarities between the two conditions. I have yet to hear of the 2 conditions co-existing in the one individual. The use of the term gluten free in advertisements for food supplements for AIDS probably refects the growing awareness among these companies of the things to leave out of food supplements like lactose, gluten and other things. Wheat itself may not be completely digested in normal individuals and hence the challenged digestion of the unfortunate victim of aids enteropathy may have more difficulty with wheat than with other foods. the observation that CD may become apparent after a viral infection is a common phenomenon in many autoimune diseases as well as GI inflammatory states. I have seen 2 cases of inflammatory bowel that occurred after an attack of CMV ( a common and usualy very benign disease in healthy people. This could be related to the non-specific stimulation of the immune system or a more specific incutement of a reaction to a host ( patient ) protein leading to disease. The example that has been suggested in CD is Adenovirus 12. see multiple references under KAgnoff M. Joe Murray