{"title":"To Be Continued:The Search for a Cure for HIV.","authors":"Thomas Reinke","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Effective treatment has helped curb the epidemic, but practical cures have been elusive. Now being tested: a \"sterilizing cure\" that eradicates HIV from the body, and a \"functional cure\" that effectively reduces the viral load so it cannot be transmitted or progress to AIDS.</p>","PeriodicalId":39329,"journal":{"name":"Managed Care","volume":"28 4","pages":"35-36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Managed Care","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Effective treatment has helped curb the epidemic, but practical cures have been elusive. Now being tested: a "sterilizing cure" that eradicates HIV from the body, and a "functional cure" that effectively reduces the viral load so it cannot be transmitted or progress to AIDS.