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Editorial
. 2017 Nov 30;14(11):e1002466.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002466. eCollection 2017 Nov.

The end of HIV: Still a very long way to go, but progress continues

Steven G Deeks  1 , Sharon R Lewin  2   3 , Linda-Gail Bekker  4
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Editorial

The end of HIV: Still a very long way to go, but progress continues

Steven G Deeks et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

In an Editorial accompanying PLOS Medicine's Special Issue on Advances in Prevention, Treatment and Cure of HIV/AIDS, Guest Editors Steven Deeks, Sharon Lewin, and Linda-Gail Bekker discuss priorities in the field and the content of the issue.

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Conflict of interest statement

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: SD is an advisor to InnaVirVax, Bionor Pharma and Bryologix and receives grant support from Gilead, Merck and ViiV. SL’s institution has received funding for investigator-initiated industry-sponsored studies from Merck, Gilead, Viiv Healthcare and Tetralogic and has also acted on the advisory board for and as consultancy to Callimune, Tetralogic, and InnaVirVax. LGB is employed by the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, UCT and the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation. She has received honoraria for technical inputs from Jansen and Merck in the last 5 years and her organisation has benefited from grants from Gilead, Merck and ViiV. SD, SL, and LGB served as guest editors on PLOS Medicine’s Special Issue on Advances in HIV Prevention, Treatment and Cure.

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