Ososayensi baseThekwini benza inqubekelaphambili ekufuneni ikhambi le-HIV, ngemiphumela ethembisayo evela ocwaningweni lokuqala lwase-Afrika lokwelapha i-HIV. Liholwa wuHlelo Lwe-HIV Pathogenesis eNyuvesi yaKwaZulu-Natal, lolu cwaningo lubhalise abesifazane abangu-20 ukuthi bahlole i-complex immunotherapy, okuhloswe ngayo ukunciphisa amanenjana e-HIV efihlekile nokuqinisa amasosha omzimba ukuze alawule igciwane ngaphandle kwemishannguzo ozoyisebenzisa impilo yakho yonke.
Ababambiqhaza baqale bathola ukwelashwa ngezidambisi gciwane (ART) ngaphambi kokuthi kwethulwe le-immune booster. Babe sebeyekiswa ukuthatha i-ART ngaphansi kweso lomtholampilo elijulile ngenkathi i-booster iqhubeka isikhathi esifushane. Umcwaningi ophezulu uThumbi Ndung’u uchaze ukuthi nakuba leli gciwane liphindaphindeka kwabaningi ababambiqhaza, u-20% ukwazile ukulilawula ngaphandle kwe-ART.
Ngokuphawulekayo, ababambiqhaza abane abaphumelele baye bahlala bengasebenzisi imithi unyaka owodwa nezinyanga eziyisithupha. Abacwaningi manje bayacwaninga ukuthi kungani ibasebenzele, benethemba lokusungula amasu amasha okwelapha.