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Early treatment may not be early enough

Giving monkeys antiretroviral therapy from just three days after exposure to simian immunodeficiency virus does not prevent a subsequent rebound of viral replication, suggesting that viral reservoirs are established early. See Letter p.74

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Deng, K., Siliciano, R. Early treatment may not be early enough. Nature 512, 35–36 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13647

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