Researchers uncover how HIV reservoir cells resist elimination by human immune responses

Soon after infection, HIV-1 establishes a life-long presence by forming viral reservoirs in the body—cells that are infected with HIV but not actively producing new viruses. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) reduces HIV levels in the blood, but a small population of virally infected cells persists indefinitely, making HIV infection an incurable disease. Those cells capable of reigniting infection upon discontinuation of ART are extremely rare, and until now have eluded identification and characterization.

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