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The ultimate goal of antiretroviral therapy for patients with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection is to cure the infection. Failing that, the objective is to stop the progression of the disease and allow the immune system some degree of recovery. Failing that, therapy is used to slow the disease process and buy patients time, during which new and better therapies may be discovered.

The strong correlation between the amount of HIV-1 circulating in the blood and the rate at which AIDS develops¹ has allowed measurements of viral RNA in the blood plasma to be used as a ready . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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