Child Living with HIV Maintains Remission Without Drugs Since 2008 | HIV.gov

Child Living with HIV Maintains Remission Without Drugs Since 2008 | HIV.gov

Child Living with HIV Maintains Remission Without Drugs Since 2008

July 24, 2017 - Crossposted from NIAID Newsroom

TOPICS: NIAID, NIH, Research

A nine-year-old South African child who was diagnosed with HIV infection at one month of age and received anti-HIV treatment during infancy has suppressed the virus without anti-HIV drugs for eight and a half years, scientists reported today at the 9th IAS Conference on HIV Science in Paris. Previously, the “Mississippi Baby,” born with HIV in 2010, received anti-HIV treatment beginning 30 hours after birth, stopped therapy...[READ MORE]