Until now, experts thought that latency came about because a host immune cell that became infected with
HIV would naturally lower its activity level, thereby impeding the virus
from taking further
hold.
This year's Keystone meeting on
HIV Pathogenesis, Therapy and Eradication, which
takes place in Whistler, British Columbia
from March 26 - 31, is
held jointly with a meeting on Virus Entry, Replication and Pathogenesis, which includes discussion of many viruses other than
HIV.