How is it they can get ‘viral loads’ down to near undetectable levels but not outright kill off the virus?
In: Biology
HIV is a retovirus, which means that it makes itself part of the DNA of the cells it infects and gets the cells to make more virus.
The drugs stop the virus getting into the bloodstream and infecting other cells but the DNA is just sitting there hiding in already infected cells, ready to go again if they get the chance.
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