<<I'll take a wild guess at this: he had a functional cure and will eventually need another dose. The bad guys have multiplied and will eventually increase.>>

 

 

 

I don't think so.   The viral fragments would have multiplied by now if they could.  IF they are there his immune system is clearly keeping them in check.  Brown says re-infection is not a possibility so we should take him at his word.  (however, there are strains / mutations of HIV that don't use the CCR5 receptor for infection.)  Since the findings are at the far limits of detection, its most likely either a contaminated test / lab. 

 

We'll see.