Brain may hold ‘reservoirs’ of HIV
The discovery underlines the difficulty in curing the illness, as opposed to simply suppressing the virus, researchers say
Almost half of patients on long-term antiretroviral therapy with undetectable viral loads still harbour HIV-infected cells in their cerebrospinal fluid, a study has found.
The unexpected discovery also shows that HIV persistence in such a ‘sanctuary site’ is associated with poorer neurocognitive performance, the US researchers say.
