CD8A and HIV infectious disease: A synthesis of the cross sectional and longitudinal analyses suggests the following potential scenarios during HIV infection: If HIV infects the CNS, eliciting CXCL10 when CD4 levels are high and virus levels low, HIV specific CD8+CD107a+ T-cells develop, migrate in response to CXCL10 and HIV antigens and traffic through the CNS, selectively destroying HIV infected myeloid cells and controlling HIV replication with minimal cerebral inflammation.