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HIV hides in "sanctuary sites" or "viral reservoirs" around the body and can come back even if blood tests show no traces of it for months or years, like that m
by exhilaration 10y ago
HIV hides in "sanctuary sites" or "viral reservoirs" around the body and can come back even if blood tests show no traces of it for months or years, like that miracle baby that was in the news a few years ago:
Initially after that child – the so-called Mississippi baby – was taken off the drugs, there was no virus detectable in her blood, and her doctor claimed a cure. Unfortunately, after four years the virus returned and she had to restart drug treatment.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27112-hivs-hiding-places-at-last-revealed-by-simple-scan/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27112-hivs-hiding-pla...