On an annual basis, around 1.3 million new cases of HIV infection are reported all over the world, with girls and women representing 44 percent of these cases. There is a 62 percent prevalence of this fraction in sub-Saharan Africa. ...

While antiretroviral treatment (ART) has been shown to significantly reduce HIV replication, resulting in the destruction of the majority of infected cells, the virus has never been shown to be completely removed from the human body. When it enters the ...