Disclosed is a method for treating infection with a pathogen. The method
involves administration of: (1) a substance which induces active pathogen replication
in a cell latently infected with HIV and (2) an anti-pathogen drug. Also disclosed
are methods for expanding CD4+ T cells from peripheral blood mononuclear cells
isolated from human subjects in the presence of an antiretroviral drug and for
treating HIV infection by infusing the expanded CD4+ cells into HIV-infected patients.