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Table 1 Overall potential strategies for curing HIV

From: Finding a cure for HIV: will it ever be achievable?

Sterilizing cure

Functional cure

Infectious diseases model

Cancer model

Cure

Remission

Elimination of all HIV-infected cells

Long-term health in the absence of cART

HIV RNA <1 copy/ml

HIV RNA <50 copies/ml

  1. cART, combination antiretroviral therapy