Persistent non-HIV pathogens: important drivers of HIV-1 persistence? Ghent University
In the last years the HIV-1 cure research evolved enormously, however, an HIV-1 cure still remains a challenge. This is mainly because HIV-1 can silently persist in a small reservoir of HIV-1 infected cells and when antiretroviral treatment is stopped, the virus rebounds and the immune system is depleted again. To reach an HIV-1 cure we need a better characterisation of the HIV-1 reservoir and an understanding of the mechanisms of viral ...