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You can keep it from spreading quickly within a person's body, and reduce the chances of transmission, if you can reduce the amount of viral particles that exis
by sp332 6y ago
You can keep it from spreading quickly within a person's body, and reduce the chances of transmission, if you can reduce the amount of viral particles that exist outside of host cells.
- nickthemagicman 6y agoSeems like even vaccine mediated immune response takes time to ramp up and generate antibodies. Especially from memory cells. I don't know if that window of opportunity is sufficient for HIV to integrate into the host genome.
- sp332 6y agoI meant vaccinating the person who already has the infection. Their own immune system will remove the virus particles before they can travel.
- _Microft 6y agoAs I understand, this integration might happen but would be meaningless because viruses ejected from infected cells will subsequently be intercepted.
- sudosysgen 6y agoDepending on the immune response, infected cells can also be destroyed.