Resting
| CD 4 cells that
| are |
are |
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a |
|
infected with HIV
| but |
butt |
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butt |
|
not actively producing HIV
| Latent HIV
| reservoirs | are |
are |
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a |
|
established during the earliest
| stage of HIV infection Although antiretroviral therapy can reduce the level of HIV
| in the blood to
| an undetectable level
| latent | reservoirs of HIV continue to survive When
| a latently infected
| cell is reactivated the
| cell begins to produce HIV again For this reason ART cannot
| cure HIV infection