Currently, the only methods with which to manage the virus is by consistently receiving anti-HIV treatment for the rest of a patient’s life.
The child, who reportedly inherited the human immunodeficiency virus from his mother, only received a year’s worth of treatment starting a month after he was born.Now, at just 9 years old, the child shows no signs of the virus, making him “virtually cured”.
The youngster was first enrolled in the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)-funded Children with HIV Early Antiretroviral Therapy (CHER) clinical trial in 2007. The trial researches the effects…
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