UMMS Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics; Program in Molecular Medicine

Publication Date

2013-11-07

Document Type

Article

Subjects

Anti-Retroviral Agents; Child, Preschool; HIV Antibodies; HIV Infections; *HIV-1; Humans; Male; RNA, Viral; Viral Load; *Viremia; Withholding Treatment

Disciplines

Immunology of Infectious Disease | Immunoprophylaxis and Therapy | Infectious Disease | Pediatrics | Virus Diseases

Abstract

An infant born to a woman with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection began receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) 30 hours after birth owing to high-risk exposure. ART was continued when detection of HIV-1 DNA and RNA on repeat testing met the standard diagnostic criteria for infection. After therapy was discontinued (when the child was 18 months of age), levels of plasma HIV-1 RNA, proviral DNA in peripheral-blood mononuclear cells, and HIV-1 antibodies, as assessed by means of clinical assays, remained undetectable in the child through 30 months of age. This case suggests that very early ART in infants may alter the establishment and long-term persistence of HIV-1 infection.

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DOI of Published Version

10.1056/NEJMoa1302976

Source

Persaud D, Gay H, Ziemniak C, Chen YH, Piatak M Jr, Chun TW, Strain M, Richman D, Luzuriaga K. Absence of detectable HIV-1 viremia after treatment cessation in an infant. N Engl J Med. 2013 Nov 7;369(19):1828-35. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1302976. Link to article on publisher's site

Journal/Book/Conference Title

The New England journal of medicine

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Link to Article in PubMed

PubMed ID

24152233

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