Monday 21 July 2014

Strikingly Early Seeding of HIV Viral Reservoir in New Findings

Viral reservoir is the collection of cells in which the HIV virus can lie dormant for many years and avoid elimination by antiretroviral drugs. This poses as the most critical barrier for curing HIV-1 infection. Very little has been known about when and where the viral reservoir is established during acute HIV-1 infection, or the extent to which it is susceptible to early antiretroviral therapy (ART). Now a research team led by investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess ...

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