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Elite ControllersAudio (En español)

A very small subset of people infected with HIV who are able to maintain suppressed viral loads for years without antiretroviral (ARV) drugs. Although antiretrovial therapy (ART) may be theoretically beneficial for elite controllers, there is no clinical data supporting therapy for this group.

See Related Term(s):  Viral Load