By Gina Shaw
With the exception of a handful of extreme cases—such as the “Berlin patient” who has been off antiretroviral therapy for a decade without his HIV rebounding, and the “Mississippi baby,” whose HIV remained in remission for 27 months—the typical person with HIV sees their viral load rebound within two to four weeks of coming off treatment.
However, multiple paths of investigation are now focused on stretching the time in remission when a patient is