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Indications - Health Care Reform Toddler ‘Functionally Cured’ of
HIV Infection Discovery provides clues for potentially
eliminating HIV infection in other children (Mar. 3) A 2-year-
old child born with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
and treated with antiretroviral drugs beginning in the first
days of life no longer has detectable levels of virus using
conventional testing despite not taking HIV medication for 10
months, according to findings presented at the Conference on
Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Atlanta,
Georgia. This is the first well-documented case of an HIV-
infected child who appears to have been functionally cured of
HIV infection — that is, without detectable levels of virus and
no signs of disease in the absence of antiretroviral therapy.
Further research is needed to understand whether the experience
of the child can be replicated in clinical