Revisiting the 'sterilising cure' terminology: a call for more patient-centred perspectives on HIV cure-related research
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Raúl Necochea; Hursch Patel; Karine Dubé; Jeff Taylor; Brandon Brown; Anshula Nathan; David Palm; Jo Gerrard; Luke Newton; Laurie Sylla; Liz Barr
- Source
- Journal of Virus Eradication
Journal of Virus Eradication, Vol 5, Iss 2, Pp 122-124 (2019)
- Subject
- 0301 basic medicine
Psychotherapist
Epidemiology
Immunology
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
medicine.disease_cause
Microbiology
Terminology
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Viewpoint
sterilising cure
Virology
Patient centredness
terminology
medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
patient centredness
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
virus diseases
QR1-502
HIV cure research
030104 developmental biology
Infectious Diseases
Related research
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Psychology
Patient centred
- Language
- ISSN
- 2055-6640
The literature on HIV therapeutics research is rife with terminology associating ���sterilisation��� with HIV cure. We find connotations of the word ���sterilising��� problematic for the HIV cure research field. In this viewpoint, we review associations of sterilising with concepts of disinfection or cleansing, as well as coerced sterilisation. We discuss emerging findings from socio-behavioural research that show aversion from people living with HIV towards the ���sterilising cure��� nomenclature. We call for more collaborations with people with HIV as partners to help define what would be a more acceptable terminology for describing an HIV cure.