The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 122, Issue 1 , Pages 22-28 , July 2008

Viral reservoirs, residual viremia, and the potential of highly active antiretroviral therapy to eradicate HIV infection

  • Lin Shen, MD
    • ,
  • Robert F. Siliciano, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Robert F. Siliciano, MD, PhD, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 879 Broadway Research Building, 733 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205.

Received 4 May 2008 ,Revised 20 May 2008 ,Accepted 22 May 2008.

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 Supported by National Institutes of Health grant 51178 and by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

 Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: The authors have declared that they have no conflict of interest.

PII: S0091-6749(08)01003-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.05.033

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 122, Issue 1 , Pages 22-28 , July 2008

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