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DECEMBER 20, 2023

Early Treatment Protocol Could Change Course of HIV in Newborns


Originally published by our sister publication Infectious Disease Special Edition

By IDSE News Staff

An unexpectedly high percentage of children, who were born with HIV and started treatment within 48 hours of life, exhibit biomarkers by 24 months of age that may make them eligible to test for medication-free remission, according to a multinational study (Lancet HIV 2023 Dec 4. doi:10.1016/S2352-3018(23)00236-9).

“Moving away from reliance on daily antiretroviral therapy (ART) to control HIV