- Some people control HIV without medicine.
- They are called elite controllers.
- Only a very small group have this.
- The virus stays at undetectable levels in them.
- They usually do not pass HIV to others.
- Researchers study them to learn how.
- Some people keep control for life.
- Others need HIV medicine later.
- Some people join studies and give blood.
Difficult words
- control — keep something at a low or safe level
- elite controller — person who keeps HIV at very low levelselite controllers
- undetectable — too low to be found by a test
- pass — give an infection to another person
- researcher — a person who studies a topic to learnResearchers
- medicine — a drug or treatment for illness
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Discussion questions
- Would you join a study and give blood?
- Have you ever given blood?
- Do you think medicine is important for health?
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