First Case of Prolonged Remission in HIV-infected Child Reported
Doctors have found that an 18-year-old woman infected with HIV at birth via mother-to-child transmission has been in remission despite not receiving any antiretroviral therapy for the past 12 years. HIV cells. The patient had an undetectable viral load during the 12 years she did not receive antiretroviral therapy. Researchers from the HIV, Inflammation and Persistence Unit at the Institut Pasteur in Paris believe that the patient has benefited from treatment initiated shortly after birth and ended 6 years later. The case will be presented at the 8th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in […]