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In reply to the discussion: Reports Claim Charlie Sheen Is Now HIV Free [View all]There have only been a couple of people deemed as free of the virus...and those stories were from several years ago...don't know what has happened since.
One can have a "zero" viral load but that is generally a description as it relates to testing...say a test can read down to XX number...if a person gets to that number or zero, they are considered "undetectable" even though latent virus is hiding in the body.
HIV is a slimy little fucker of a virus...it loves to mutate and is a "sloppy" replicator, which is why it will eventually adapt to the medications (or that the medications can no longer affect the virus because the virus' receptors have changed). It also hides in areas (brain) that have traditionally been difficult for medications to penetrate and find the virus.
Also saying that I've not thought about these technical aspects in years, from discussions with friends, so may be a little rusty on my knowledge.
We'll have to see where this story goes.