HIV reservoir in HIV patients

An HIV reservoir is a collection of HIV DNA in target cells in an HIV-infected person. HIV reservoir in patients with HIV infection prevents eradication of the pathogen and cure of the disease. The review presents published data on the structure of HIV reservoir, its formation and change of its size at different stages of the disease, depending on the time of treatment initiation. The article demonstrates the results of studies that investigated the effect of antiretroviral therapy on the size of the reservoir and the ability to use the size of HIV reservoir as a clinically significant indicator of the course of the disease. The current strategies for influencing on HIV reservoir are considered, the ultimate goal of which is recovery from HIV infection