There has been a cautious welcome to news from France about remission from HIV.
1st case of prolonged #remission in an #HIV-infected child: How will it change the treatment provided? http://t.co/Qcj9RVOXZG #IAS2015— Institut Pasteur (@aiderpasteur) July 21, 2015
A French teenager is still free from infection 12 years after she stopped treatment – the first case, it’s thought, of long-term remission in a child infected from birth.
The case raises new questions about what allows individuals to control the virus – and the benefits of early treatment.
Latest from #IAS2015: a new case of post treatment HIV control after perinatal infection http://t.co/mytwU8rBD2— The Lancet HIV (@TheLancetHIV) July 20, 2015
“If we find the same characteristics with other patients, the same mechanisms, the hope is we may be able to stop treatment in the hope that they will be able to control the virus spontaneously themselves, without exposing them to any risk, “ said Dr Pierre France, a
