A recent study using a humanized mouse model shows that HIV-1 can persist in macrophages during antiretroviral therapy (ART), and suggests that macrophages may represent an obstacle to efforts to cure HIV-1 infection.
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Stevenson, M. HIV persistence in macrophages. Nat Med 23, 538–539 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm.4337
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