HIV resurfaces in Canadian child after break in drug treatment
May 3, 2014 - A Canadian child who doctors previously believed had been rid of HIV has had the virus resurface after going off
medication for a short period of time -- an outcome which some researchers are calling a "cautionary tale" for those trying to rid the
disease among its youngest victims.
The child is one of five Canadian kids infected with HIV at birth who was treated early and aggressively with combination
antiretroviral therapy (cART) in the first 24 hours of life, as well as continued treatment thereafter.
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