Early HIV Treatment Restores Immune System (CME/CE)

Early HIV Treatment Restores Immune System (CME/CE)

Antiretroviral therapy can restore aspects of a normal immune system in some patients with chronic HIV, as well as reduce the size of the viral reservoir, a researcher said here.

The catch is they have to start with a relatively intact immune system, with at least 500 CD4-positive T cells per microliter of blood, according to Laurent Hocqueloux, MD, of the Centre Hospitalier Régional in Orleans, France.