HIV Rehabilitation

Current HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy) patterns of HIV infection requires lifelong medication. This implies a long-term adherence, toxicity and cost. Despite these shortcuts is to HIV “viral reservoirs” and each time the intake end revived the infection. New therapeutic approaches are needed to target this virus reservoirs and allow a one-day HIV drug-free remission. First, we need a better study of the mechanisms of HIV persistence and screen for new drugs able to reach, the virus does not participate in a latent state and anatomical reservoirs, where HAART is a good spread. Several breakthroughs have been achieved over the past two years, so that the hope for a “cure” is no longer a dirty word … We have a scientific community to support this research with the aim of finding a cure in the next ten years.

The most common desire for everyone and every country that is the spread of HIV, a cure for HIV-infected and a vaccine to prevent it from spreading. We naturally want the disease from the face of the planet very similar, with the Small Pox exterminate been achieved on a global scale today. Unfortunately, it is easier said than done in today’s global environment. But not lost all hope of recovery.

In fact, we are much closer than we ever were. The cost for the treatment of people infected with the virus enormously. Antiviral drugs are used in the treatment extremely expensive and with the new WHO recommendations, the treatment has begun in a number of countries around the world much earlier. This is a strong increase in the cost of care in the world because more people infected with HIV in search of useful treatment earlier in their illness. This fact alone makes it even more critical to find a cure for us. The burden of the processing load for each individual is infected with HIV astronomical. Some estimates of the pharmaceutical treatments are higher than $ 25,787.00 per year in the United States is more than many annual salaries of people in this country. As a scientist involved in the study of HIV reservoirs for over 10 years, we demand an international, coordinated force to decipher the mechanisms of HIV persistence take.