title: Small molecules and big killers: the challenge of eliminating the latent HIV reservoir.
abstract: In this issue of Immunity, Shan et al. (2012) explore the elimination of cells latently infected with HIV and the potential implications for strategies to eradicate the virus from infected patients.
authors.affiliation: HIV-Specific Immunity Section, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Migueles
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Connors