Infant Free of HIV After Treatment at Long Beach Hospital
During an AIDS conference on Wednesday, experts said an infant with HIV who was treated with aggressive antiretroviral drug therapy at Miller Children's Hospital Long Beach appears to no longer have the disease. The therapy was started four hours after birth, and after six days the virus no longer was detected.
- "HIV Disappears in 'Los Angeles Baby,' Doctors Say" (Morin, "Science Now," Los Angeles Times, 3/5).