Doctors said that a two-year-old Mississippi girl has been “functionally
cured” of the AIDS virus.
In this case, “functionally cured” means that the virus is
not appearing with standard tests and lifelong treatment is not necessary.
The findings of this case were presented Sunday at the Atlanta
Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.
The girl had received regular treatment since she was a baby
and no longer shows detectable levels of the virus.
The girl’s mother had tested positive for HIV when she gave
birth to the child, and as a result the child contracted the virus.
Doctor Hannah Gay treated the child and says that she is
hopeful that this case will bring about a way to cure other HIV positive babies
in the future.
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