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Baby HIV ‘Cure’ Promising For African Countries

Date: March 4, 2013 By:

Recent news has reported a Mississippi child who was apparently “cured” of HIV by receiving treatment shortly after birth.  Two years later, the child’s viral loads are undetectable, despite being off treatment for almost a year.

 

Ragon Institute Principal Investigator Dr. Brian Zanoni speaks to NPR about what could have caused this and what the greater implication is for HIV in developing countries.

 

Listen: Hear & Now on NPR

 

More coverage: New York Times / ABC News

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