In March, a team of Mississippi physicians made an astonishing announcement. A baby born HIV positive has been likely been cured.
University of Mississippi Medical Center doctors treated the baby as soon as it was delivered, showing up HIV positive in the days after its premature birth.
The infant received antiretroviral therapy within 30 hours of birth. Tests showed progressively diminishing viral presence in the child’s blood until, within a month after its birth, the virus was undetectable. After remaining on antiviral drugs for 18 months, treatment was discontinued.
Yesterday, the same team wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine that seven months since the initial announcement, the child remains free of any signs of HIV infection.
"We're thrilled that the child remains off medication and has no detectable virus replicating," Hannah Gay, the child's pediatrician, said in a statement. "She continues to do very well. There is no sign of the return of HIV, and we will continue to follow her for the long term."
University of Mississippi Medical Center doctors treated the baby as soon as it was delivered, showing up HIV positive in the days after its premature birth.
The infant received antiretroviral therapy within 30 hours of birth. Tests showed progressively diminishing viral presence in the child’s blood until, within a month after its birth, the virus was undetectable. After remaining on antiviral drugs for 18 months, treatment was discontinued.
Yesterday, the same team wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine that seven months since the initial announcement, the child remains free of any signs of HIV infection.
"We're thrilled that the child remains off medication and has no detectable virus replicating," Hannah Gay, the child's pediatrician, said in a statement. "She continues to do very well. There is no sign of the return of HIV, and we will continue to follow her for the long term."
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