And they eradicate the virus in only 30percentto40percentcent of patients.
"We're entering this new era of finding a functional cure to eradicate the virus,' he explains.
Dr. Siliciano and Dr. Margolis are trying to eradicate the virus from the body.
However, this therapy does not completely eradicate the virus, so that resistant strains easily emerge.
Recent studies show that early, aggressive antiviral therapy can protect the liver and sometimes eradicate the virus.
The German company said that the software would let its customers search for and eradicate the virus.
Such drugs can halt reproduction of H.I.V. in infected cells but do not eradicate the virus from those who are infected.
For those already infected, new drugs can be expected to push H.I.V. into a deep state of dormancy, though not to eradicate the virus.
Dr. Jong Wook Lee, the W.H.O.'s new director, declared they will need $210 million in order to eradicate the virus by 2005.
At Merrill Lynch & Company, the e-mail system was out for much of the day as technicians worked to eradicate the virus.
On their Web sites, Network Associates and Symantec have posted upgrades to their software to find and eradicate the virus and prevent infection.
