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HIV cure 'eludes' researchers once again

A man undergoes HIV testing in a tent pinched at Mukuyuni market, Makueni county yesterday. There has been a decline in the annual new imfections since 2010 across the country, Aids council reports . Currently new infections stand at 1.9 per 1000 persons in 2017 . [Photo: Stephen nzioka , Standard ]

The search for an HIV cure continues after the discovery that the virus, which hibernates in liver immune cells during long-term treatment, is actually inactive.

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