International AIDS Society global scientific strategy: towards an HIV cure 2016.
Steven G DeeksSharon R LewinAnna Laura RossJintanat AnanworanichMonsef BenkiranePaula CannonNicolas ChomontDaniel DouekJeffrey D LifsonYing-Ru LoDaniel KuritzkesDavid M MargolisJohn MellorsDeborah PersaudJoseph D TuckerFrançoise Barre-Sinoussinull nullGalit AlterJudith AuerbachBrigitte AutranDan H BarouchGeorg BehrensMarina CavazzanaZhiwei ChenÉric A CohenGiulio Maria CorbelliSerge EholiéNir EyalSarah FidlerLaurindo GarciaCynthia GrossmanGail HendersonTimothy J HenrichRichard JefferysHans-Peter KiemJoseph McCuneKeymanthri MoodleyPeter A NewmanMonique NijhuisMoses Supercharger NsubugaMelanie OttSarah PalmerDouglas RichmanAsier Saez-CirionMatthew SharpJanet SilicianoGuido SilvestriJerome SinghBruno SpireJeffrey TaylorMartin TolstrupSusana ValenteJan van LunzenRochelle WalenskyIra WilsonJerome ZackPublished in: Nature medicine (2016)
Antiretroviral therapy is not curative. Given the challenges in providing lifelong therapy to a global population of more than 35 million people living with HIV, there is intense interest in developing a cure for HIV infection. The International AIDS Society convened a group of international experts to develop a scientific strategy for research towards an HIV cure. This Perspective summarizes the group's strategy.