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Details of strategies for treatment of HIV infection, including reduction in viral load, immune recovery and potential eradication of the virus, induction and maintenance therapy, treatment interruptions, and targeting the virus in the brain, genital tract and other body regions.

Summary: Choosing your treatment strategy
Suppressing viral load as low as possible?
Suppressing viral load as fast as possible?
Immune recovery
Eradicating HIV?
Induction and maintenance therapy
Structured treatment interruption
Alternating regimens
Treating HIV in the genital tract
Treating HIV in the brain and other compartments

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