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Overall potential strategies for curing HIV
| Sterilizing cure | Functional cure |
| Infectious diseases model | Cancer model |
| Cure | Remission |
| Elimination of all HIV-infected cells | Long-term health in the absence of cART |
| HIV RNA <1 copy/ml | HIV RNA <50 copies/ml |
cART, combination antiretroviral therapy
