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HIV re-emerges in 'cured' Mississippi girl [View all]
I was really, really disappointed to hear this.
BBC News
HIV re-emerges in 'cured' Mississippi girl
10 July 2014
A baby girl in the US born with HIV and believed cured after very early treatment has now been found to still harbour the virus.
Tests last week on the four-year-old child from Mississippi indicate she is no longer in remission, say doctors.
She had appeared free of HIV as recently as March, without receiving treatment for nearly two years.
The news represents a setback for hopes that very early treatment of drugs may reverse permanent infection....
MORE at http://www.bbc.com/news/health-28257768
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