I suspect that such viral DNA will also be found in the gut and in the immune cells of affected individuals. Notably, new technologies may soon permit the editing out or suppression of such viral sequences from living cells. This offers the prospect of cures at the genetic level.
[[This offers the prospect of cures at the genetic level]]
I believe there are ‘cures’ similar around now, but they involve some very dangerous procedures, and the person goes through hell getting it done