Getty ImagesRecent research results offer a new clue into the mystery of why some people living with HIV experience persistent inflammation. While the findings don’t uncover a cause, they upend one theory to explain this phenomenon: that inflammation or immune activation is linked to adaptive, HIV-specific immunity in people on antiretroviral therapy (ART). The new findings suggest the opposite and actually support a contrary hypothesis that sustained inflammation is borne from legacy effects that arise during untreated, chronic HIV infection.
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