HIV/AIDS Therapy

Even drug-resistant HIV infection responds to right treatment

Published in AIDS Weekly, May 24th, 2004

Once expected to die in early childhood, children born with HIV are now surviving into their teens and early adulthood thanks to research advances over the past decade. However, it's also likely these children will develop drug resistance due to sequential exposure to HIV treatments, including antiretroviral (ARV) therapies.

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center say that with careful planning and adherence to treatment plans, these patients can stay healthy. In a new study, presented at the annual Pediatric Academic Societies' meeting in San Francisco, they reported successful treatment of six HIV-positive children using tailored genotype-linked testing and...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2004-05-24)

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