More than a decade into the recognition of the HIV epidemic, it became clear that there was a group of HIV infected persons whose HIV disease did not progress over an extended period of time.

As time has progressed and it has become possible to measure the amount of HIV in the blood stream, it has become clear that a small fraction of these people are able to maintain long term control of virus to undetectable or nearly undetectable levels.

Such HIV controllers are a subset of HIV infected individuals who are able to keep the virus from replicating without the aid of treatment. About 1 out of every 300 infected persons is an HIV controller. 

The International HIV Controllers Study is committed to learning how some persons naturally control HIV without medications. These rare individuals may provide key insights needed to advance the field. 

Website: www.hivcontrollers.org

Laboratories which focus on Elite Controllers:
		Allen Lab
		Altfeld Lab
		Le Gall Lab
		Walker Lab
Research Coordinators:
		Kristin Moss, Study Coordinator phone: 617.643.3643