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Research on very early ART in neonates at risk of HIV infection

Posted on September 15, 2014

Source: The Lancet Infectious Disease

Research on very early ART in neonates at risk of HIV infection

Seema K Shah, Deborah Persaud, David S Wendler, Holly A Taylor, Hannah Gay, Mariana Kruger, Christine Grady

 

The news that the Mississippi child previously in sustained viral remission now has detectable HIV1 is profoundly disappointing. We write to clarify that research on the use of very early antiretroviral therapy (ART) in infants born to mothers with HIV is still important. This development, however, gives reason to think carefully about how to do this research.

 

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