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The mystery of HIV elite controllers, a vaccine against C. difficile, blood transfusion and infection, and contaminated public surfaces

By Science News

- More than 2 years ago

An HIV mystery
Less than 1 percent of HIV patients have the uncanny ability to suppress the virus for years, earning them the name “elite controllers” because they rarely develop AIDS.