The brain also acts as a key "reservoir" for HIV, scientists from Australia have found. This finding may be a serious threat to the search for a way to eradicate the virus from the body.
A study has compared the development of HIV reservoirs—locations in the body where the virus persists in a latent state—between patients who receive either early or late medical interventions.
This so-called "latent reservoir" has been notoriously difficult to attack, almost obliterating any hope of cure in patients with established infection. Latency of integrated HIV is partially ...