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Fighting HIV where it matters most

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Thumbi Ndung’u reminisces about how far we have come in our fight against HIV-1, a pandemic virus that causes AIDS, and where we still need to go.

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Fig. 1: Developing immune-based biomedical interventions may hold the key to eradicating HIV.

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  1. Africa Health Research Institute, Durban, South Africa

    Thumbi Ndung’u

  2. HIV Pathogenesis Programme, The Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

    Thumbi Ndung’u

  3. Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Thumbi Ndung’u

  4. Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, UK

    Thumbi Ndung’u

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Ndung’u, T. Fighting HIV where it matters most. Nat Microbiol 8, 1751–1753 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-023-01463-2

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