The HIV virus is a retrovirus that consists of a strand of DNA-RNA that is engulfed and enters the CD4 cells to become part of the cell DNA-RNA chain.
It reproduces in the CD4 cells in the blood, lymph, gut and genitals. It can be destroyed by antiretroviral (ARV) drugs that attack the HIV particles in the blood and lymph.
The ARV will be able to destroy the virus in these sites but not in the hiding places. If able to do that, the ARV would be a cure. But it is not called a cure as the virus still remains in the hiding places of the lymph nodes, spleen, thymus, dendritic cells and long bones.
If the sufferer stops taking the ARV, the virus will burst out of the hiding places and start anew. The gut will be destroyed for a second time. The sufferer will not survive.
That is why we have to be careful about the claims of market sellers that they have a cure for HIV/AIDS. They are saying that their stink water medicine can kill the virus in all hiding places. Not true.
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